diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
index 3d51c03f97af..bdc93f3643f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ rec {
         inherit (stream) imageName;
         passthru = { inherit (stream) imageTag; };
         nativeBuildInputs = [ pigz ];
-      } "${stream} | pigz -nT > $out";
+      } "${stream} | pigz -nTR > $out";
 
   # 1. extract the base image
   # 2. create the layer
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ rec {
         chmod -R a-w image
 
         echo "Cooking the image..."
-        tar -C image --hard-dereference --sort=name --mtime="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" --owner=0 --group=0 --xform s:'^./':: -c . | pigz -nT > $out
+        tar -C image --hard-dereference --sort=name --mtime="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" --owner=0 --group=0 --xform s:'^./':: -c . | pigz -nTR > $out
 
         echo "Finished."
       '';
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ rec {
     mv repositories image/repositories
     mv manifest.json image/manifest.json
     # Create tarball and gzip
-    tar -C image --hard-dereference --sort=name --mtime="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" --owner=0 --group=0 --xform s:'^./':: -c . | pigz -nT > $out
+    tar -C image --hard-dereference --sort=name --mtime="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" --owner=0 --group=0 --xform s:'^./':: -c . | pigz -nTR > $out
   '';
 
 
@@ -1220,5 +1220,5 @@ rec {
         inherit (stream) imageName;
         passthru = { inherit (stream) imageTag; };
         nativeBuildInputs = [ pigz ];
-      } "${stream} | pigz -nT > $out";
+      } "${stream} | pigz -nTR > $out";
 }