diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/tar b/config/rootfiles/common/tar
index 9e31cc0b7..6dbb6ee71 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/tar
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/tar
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ bin/tar
 #usr/share/info/tar.info
 #usr/share/info/tar.info-1
 #usr/share/info/tar.info-2
+#usr/share/info/tar.info-3
+#usr/share/man/man1/tar.1
+#usr/share/man/man8/rmt.8
 #usr/sbin/rmt
+
diff --git a/lfs/tar b/lfs/tar
index b1ef2fc98..5919b0474 100644
--- a/lfs/tar
+++ b/lfs/tar
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.22
+VER        = 1.28
 
 THISAPP    = tar-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 ifeq "$(ROOT)" ""
   TARGET = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
   EXTRA_CONFIG = --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
-	--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-nls
+	--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-nls FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1
   EXTRA_MAKE =
   EXTRA_INSTALL =
 else
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 07fa517027f426bb80f5f5ff91b63585
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 8f32b2bc1ed7ddf4cf4e4a39711341b0
 
 install : $(TARGET)