diff --git a/kdevplatform/cmake/modules/KDevPlatformMacros.cmake b/kdevplatform/cmake/modules/KDevPlatformMacros.cmake
index 5a221937163426e3af6099b6dfbdbe018afe8892..e1ffb1a62d6d85532f3387be19fd42cba879feb8 100644
--- a/kdevplatform/cmake/modules/KDevPlatformMacros.cmake
+++ b/kdevplatform/cmake/modules/KDevPlatformMacros.cmake
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ macro(kdevplatform_create_template_archive _templateName)
             set(extraArgs "")
             if(DEFINED ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH})
                 # We assume there is tar > 1.28 if a reproducible build is wanted.
-                set(extraArgs --mtime="@$ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" --sort=name)
+                set(extraArgs --mtime="@$ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" --sort=name
+                    --pax-option=exthdr.name=%d/PaxHeaders/%f,delete=atime,delete=ctime)
             endif()
             add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_template}
                 COMMAND tar ARGS -c -C ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_templateName}