diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 4b7c01d6a..7d8f71b20 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -1535,6 +1535,7 @@ class FetchMethod(object):
 
         if unpack:
             tar_cmd = 'tar --extract --no-same-owner'
+            tar_cmd += ' --delay-directory-restore --warning=no-unknown-keyword'
             if 'striplevel' in urldata.parm:
                 tar_cmd += ' --strip-components=%s' %  urldata.parm['striplevel']
             if file.endswith('.tar'):