diff --git a/tar/Pkgfile b/tar/Pkgfile
index 61076966..a4923976 100644
--- a/tar/Pkgfile
+++ b/tar/Pkgfile
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 
 name=tar
 version=1.26
-release=1
+release=2
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.xz \
         $name-rootp.patch tar.1 rmt.8)
 
 build() {
     cd $name-$version
+    # fix for glibc 'gets' removal
+    sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' gnu/stdio.in.h
     patch -p1 -i $SRC/$name-rootp.patch
     ./configure --prefix= \
                 --libexec=/usr/lib/tar \