diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
index f12bda2cf..9d326c0b0 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ sub process_request {
         my $checkoption2 = `tar --selinux 2>&1`;
         my $option;
         if ($checkoption1 !~ /unrecognized/) {
-            $option .= "--xattrs-include='*' ";
+            $option .= " --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' ";
         }
         if ($checkoption2 !~ /unrecognized/) {
             $option .= "--selinux ";
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
index f6c3ee2db..e3e565038 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
@@ -1501,9 +1501,9 @@ EOMS
     print $inifile "    ([ \"\$xcatdebugmode\" = \"1\" ] || [ \"\$xcatdebugmode\" = \"2\" ]) && logger -t xcat -p debug \"Extracting root filesystem:\"\n";
     print $inifile "    echo -n \"Extracting root filesystem:\"\n";
     print $inifile "    if [ -r /rootimg.tar.gz ]; then\n";
-    print $inifile "        /bin/tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' -zxf /rootimg.tar.gz\n";
+    print $inifile "        /bin/tar --selinux --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -zxf /rootimg.tar.gz\n";
     print $inifile "    elif [ -r /rootimg.tar.xz ]; then\n";
-    print $inifile "        /bin/tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' -Jxf /rootimg.tar.xz\n";
+    print $inifile "        /bin/tar --selinux --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -Jxf /rootimg.tar.xz\n";
     print $inifile "    fi\n";
     print $inifile "    ([ \"\$xcatdebugmode\" = \"1\" ] || [ \"\$xcatdebugmode\" = \"2\" ]) && logger -t xcat -p debug \"Done...\"\n";
     print $inifile "    echo Done\n";