diff --git a/main/tar/APKBUILD b/main/tar/APKBUILD
index 1e54f4c30b0..9ef8468786a 100644
--- a/main/tar/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/tar/APKBUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ makedepends=
 source="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 
+prepare() {
+        cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+        # fix eglibc-2.16+ build issue
+        sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' \
+                gnu/stdio.in.h || return 1
+}
+
 build() {
 	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"