diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 0935196f6f..20a0135fc9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ kernel_do_deploy() {
 		else
 			TAR_ARGS=""
 		fi
+		TAR_ARGS="$TAR_ARGS --owner=0 --group=0"
 		tar $TAR_ARGS -cv -C ${D}${root_prefix} lib | gzip -9n > $deployDir/modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_NAME}.tgz
 
 		ln -sf modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_NAME}.tgz $deployDir/modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_LINK_NAME}.tgz