diff --git a/akri/_service b/akri/_service
index e983bf4..c04162f 100644
--- a/akri/_service
+++ b/akri/_service
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 	<service name="cargo_vendor" mode="manual">
 		<param name="srcdir">akri</param>
 	</service>
-	<service name="tar" mode="buildtime" />
+	<service name="tar" mode="buildtime">
+		<param name="obsinfo">akri.obsinfo</param>
+	</service>
 	<service name="set_version" mode="buildtime" >
 		<param name="fromfile">version.txt</param>
 		<param name="regex">^(.*)$</param>