diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index c534fd8..339d408 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ if [[ $DO_RELEASE -eq 1 ]]; then
     install -DT -m 644 deploy/job-search.service $RELEASE_DIR/job-search.service
     install -DT -m 644 deploy/job-search.logrotate $RELEASE_DIR/job-search.logrotate
     ARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture`
+    # Owned by root (0:0), not the user who built it, with no names
     tar -czf $RELEASE_DIR/job-search-$VERSION-$ARCH.tar.gz \
+      --owner=0 --group=0 --numeric-owner \
       --transform "s,^$RELEASE_DIR/,job-search-$VERSION-$ARCH/," \
       $RELEASE_DIR/job-search $RELEASE_DIR/job-search.service \
       $RELEASE_DIR/job-search.logrotate