diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 7de46fb7..9e5a1d7e 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ create_srcpackage() {
 
 	# TODO: Maybe this can be set globally for robustness
 	shopt -s -o pipefail
-	LANG=C bsdtar --no-fflags @BSDTAR_NO_READ_SPARSE@ -cLf - ${pkgbase} | compress_as "$SRCEXT" > "${pkg_file}" || ret=$?
+	list_package_files | LANG=C bsdtar --no-fflags @BSDTAR_NO_READ_SPARSE@ -cnLf - --null --files-from - |
+		compress_as "$SRCEXT" > "${pkg_file}" || ret=$?
 
 	shopt -u -o pipefail