diff --git a/packages/packages.mk b/packages/packages.mk
index d2a2547..85f51e9 100644
--- a/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/packages/packages.mk
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ $(foreach p, $(PACKAGES), $(eval $p-clean: $p-pkgclean))
 
 $(BIN)/%.pkg: %-install
 	@ mkdir -p $(@D)
-	mksquashfs $(TARGET)/$* $@ -all-root -noappend -no-progress
+	(cd $(TARGET); tar czf - $*) > $@