diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/tar b/profiles/apparmor.d/tar
index 444fea7d5..e244879d9 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/tar
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/tar
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ profile tar /usr/bin/tar {
 
   # used to extract user files as root
   capability chown,
+  capability fowner,
 
   # used to compress user files as root
   capability dac_override,