diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9fb2e40..4d1863e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ dist-hook:
 pack: clean-recursive
 	rm -f config.log config.cache config.status
 	rm -rf `find . -name ".deps"`
-	chown -R root.root ../alsa-utils
 	mv ../alsa-utils ../alsa-utils-$(VERSION)
-	tar --exclude=CVS -cvI -C .. -f ../alsa-utils-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 alsa-utils-$(VERSION)
+	tar --exclude=CVS --owner=root --group=root -cvI -C .. -f ../alsa-utils-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 alsa-utils-$(VERSION)
 	mv ../alsa-utils-$(VERSION) ../alsa-utils