diff --git a/dispvm/qfile-daemon-dvm b/dispvm/qfile-daemon-dvm
index d8bba4b3..a9c34626 100755
--- a/dispvm/qfile-daemon-dvm
+++ b/dispvm/qfile-daemon-dvm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class QfileDaemonDvm:
         qvm_collection = QubesVmCollection()
         qvm_collection.lock_db_for_writing()
 
-        tar_process = subprocess.Popen(['tar', '-C', current_savefile_vmdir,
+        tar_process = subprocess.Popen(['bsdtar', '-C', current_savefile_vmdir,
             '-xSUf', os.path.join(current_savefile_vmdir, 'saved-cows.tar')])
 
         qvm_collection.load()
diff --git a/dispvm/qubes-prepare-saved-domain.sh b/dispvm/qubes-prepare-saved-domain.sh
index eb7dacca..bbf9b487 100755
--- a/dispvm/qubes-prepare-saved-domain.sh
+++ b/dispvm/qubes-prepare-saved-domain.sh
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ fi
 rm -f $QMEMMAN_STOP
 ln -snf $VMDIR /var/lib/qubes/dvmdata/vmdir
 cd $VMDIR
-tar -Scf saved-cows.tar volatile.img
+bsdtar -cSf saved-cows.tar volatile.img
 echo "DVM savefile created successfully."
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
index 5a615ae8..c9612885 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Requires:       libvirt-daemon-xen
 Requires:       createrepo
 Requires:       gnome-packagekit
 Requires:       cronie
+Requires:       bsdtar
 # for qubes-hcl-report
 Requires:       dmidecode
 Requires:       PyQt4