diff --git a/src/import/import-common.c b/src/import/import-common.c
index 0e2c7edae1..874d27d292 100644
--- a/src/import/import-common.c
+++ b/src/import/import-common.c
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ int import_fork_tar_x(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
                        "--ignore-zeros",
                        "--numeric-owner",
                        "-C", path,
-                       "-px",
+                       "-pxf",
+                       "-",
                        "--xattrs",
                        "--xattrs-include=*",
                        use_selinux ? "--selinux" : "--no-selinux",