diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 47312377c..7c634a41c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linux (4.18.8-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/rules.real: Generate linux-source tarball with root user and
+    group specified, to fix reproducibility issues.
+
+ -- Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>  Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:13:18 -0700
+
 linux (4.18.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream stable update:
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index f7b5cbe5d..48e15a9b1 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/$(SOURCE_BASENAME)-source-$(UPSTREAMVERSION).tar.xz: $(STAMPS_DIR)/
 		-name '*.pyc' -prune -o \
 		-print0 | \
 		sort -z | \
-		tar --no-recursion --null -T - -caf '$(SOURCE_BASENAME)-source-$(UPSTREAMVERSION).tar.xz'
+		tar --owner=root --group=root --numeric-owner \
+			--no-recursion --null -T - -caf '$(SOURCE_BASENAME)-source-$(UPSTREAMVERSION).tar.xz'
 	rm -rf '$(DIR)'
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/linux-patch-$(UPSTREAMVERSION)-%.patch.xz: $(STAMPS_DIR)/source_none $(STAMPS_DIR)/source_%