diff --git a/obs-service-tar_scm.changes b/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
index 550b340..1bb3216 100644
--- a/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
+++ b/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 27 11:16:47 UTC 2012 - aspiers@suse.com
+
+- Prevent local users from appearing as user/group owner in
+  generated tar files (thanks bmwiedemann for this)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul  3 11:23:12 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tar_scm b/tar_scm
index 2121199..b4714e9 100644
--- a/tar_scm
+++ b/tar_scm
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@ prep_tree_for_tar () {
 create_tar () {
   TARFILE="${TAR_BASENAME}.tar"
   TARPATH="$MYOUTDIR/$TARFILE"
-  debug tar cf "$TARPATH" $EXCLUDES $MYINCLUDES
-  safe_run tar cf "$TARPATH" $EXCLUDES $MYINCLUDES
+  debug tar --owner=root --group=root -cf "$TARPATH" $EXCLUDES $MYINCLUDES
+  safe_run tar --owner=root --group=root -cf "$TARPATH" $EXCLUDES $MYINCLUDES
   echo "Created $TARFILE"
 }