diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
index 9e4709dd9bf8..4bda4d2a5c23 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ rec {
              <(sort -n layerFiles|uniq|grep -v ${layer}) -1 -3 > newFiles
         # Append the new files to the layer.
         tar -rpf temp/layer.tar --hard-dereference --sort=name --mtime="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" \
-          --owner=0 --group=0 --no-recursion --files-from newFiles
+          --owner=0 --group=0 --no-recursion --verbatim-files-from --files-from newFiles
 
         echo "Adding meta..."