diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 8e7f70517..a3c8e5105 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ generate_and_clean_tarballs() {
   local new_version
   new_version=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/VERSION)
   [ -d /opt/so/repo ] || mkdir -p /opt/so/repo
-  tar -czf "/opt/so/repo/$new_version.tar.gz" "$UPDATE_DIR"
+  tar -czf "/opt/so/repo/$new_version.tar.gz" -C "$UPDATE_DIR" .
   find "/opt/so/repo" -type f -not -name "$new_version.tar.gz" -exec rm -rf {} \;
 }
 
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index ecf7a153d..2c256adbf 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ generate_passwords(){
 
 generate_repo_tarball() {
 	mkdir /opt/so/repo
-	tar -czf /opt/so/repo/"$SOVERSION".tar.gz ../.
+	tar -czf /opt/so/repo/"$SOVERSION".tar.gz -C "$(pwd)/.." .
 }
 
 generate_sensor_vars() {