diff --git a/admin/MBImport.pl b/admin/MBImport.pl
index 8104204ba7e..94c8cb76b4d 100755
--- a/admin/MBImport.pl
+++ b/admin/MBImport.pl
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ sub usage
 for (@tar_to_extract)
 {
     my ($tar, $dir, $decompress) = @$_;
-    print localtime() . " : tar -C $dir $decompress -xvf $tar\n";
-    system "tar -C $dir $decompress -xvf $tar";
+    print localtime() . " : tar -C $dir $decompress --no-same-owner -xvf $tar\n";
+    system "tar -C $dir $decompress --no-same-owner -xvf $tar";
     exit($CHILD_ERROR >> 8) if $CHILD_ERROR;
 }