diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackTGZGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackTGZGenerator.cxx
index cafb0f562..4d5c47034 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackTGZGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackTGZGenerator.cxx
@@ -228,11 +228,18 @@ int cmCPackTGZGenerator::CompressFiles(const char* outFileName,
   std::auto_ptr<char> realNamePtr(realName);
   strcpy(realName, outFileName);
   int flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
+  int options = 0;
+  if(this->GeneratorVerbose)
+    {
+    options |= TAR_VERBOSE;
+    }
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  options |= TAR_GNU;
+#endif 
   if (tar_open(&t, realName,
-      &gztype,
-      flags, 0644,
-      (this->GeneratorVerbose?TAR_VERBOSE:0)
-      | 0) == -1)
+               &gztype,
+               flags, 0644,
+               options) == -1)
     {
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR, "Problem with tar_open(): "
       << strerror(errno) << std::endl);
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackTarCompressGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackTarCompressGenerator.cxx
index b73e55348..67a6a831f 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackTarCompressGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackTarCompressGenerator.cxx
@@ -174,12 +174,19 @@ int cmCPackTarCompressGenerator::CompressFiles(const char* outFileName,
   char* realName = new char[ strlen(outFileName) + 1 ];
   std::auto_ptr<char> realNamePtr(realName);
   strcpy(realName, outFileName);
-  int flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
+  int flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;  
+  int options = 0;
+  if(this->GeneratorVerbose)
+    {
+    options |= TAR_VERBOSE;
+    }
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  options |= TAR_GNU;
+#endif 
   if (tar_open(&t, realName,
       &compressType,
       flags, 0644,
-      (this->GeneratorVerbose?TAR_VERBOSE:0)
-      | 0) == -1)
+      options) == -1)
     {
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR, "Problem with tar_open(): "
       << strerror(errno) << std::endl);
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index 57122915a..d736fa2b4 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -1685,11 +1685,18 @@ bool cmSystemTools::CreateTar(const char* outFileName,
   char* realName = new char[ strlen(outFileName) + 1 ];
   std::auto_ptr<char> realNamePtr(realName);
   strcpy(realName, outFileName);
+  int options = 0;
+  if(verbose)
+    {
+    options |= TAR_VERBOSE;
+    }
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  options |= TAR_GNU;
+#endif 
   if (tar_open(&t, realName,
       (gzip? &gztype : NULL),
       O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644,
-      (verbose?TAR_VERBOSE:0)
-      | 0) == -1)
+      options) == -1)
     {
     cmSystemTools::Error("Problem with tar_open(): ", strerror(errno));
     return false;