diff --git a/release/release.sh b/release/release.sh
--- a/release/release.sh
+++ b/release/release.sh
@@ -309,6 +309,41 @@
 		done
 	fi
 
+	_gtarcmd="$(which gtar)"
+	if [ ! -z "${WITH_OCIIMAGES}" -a -z "${_gtarcmd}" ]; then
+		# We use gtar for building container image layers due to an
+		# incompatiblity issue with bsdtar
+		# (https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/25270)
+		if [ -d ${CHROOTDIR}/usr/ports ]; then
+			# Trick the ports 'run-autotools-fixup' target to do the right
+			# thing.
+			_OSVERSION=$(chroot ${CHROOTDIR} /usr/bin/uname -U)
+			REVISION=$(chroot ${CHROOTDIR} make -C /usr/src/release -V REVISION)
+			BRANCH=$(chroot ${CHROOTDIR} make -C /usr/src/release -V BRANCH)
+			UNAME_r=${REVISION}-${BRANCH}
+			GITUNSETOPTS="CONTRIB CURL CVS GITWEB GUI HTMLDOCS"
+			GITUNSETOPTS="${GITUNSETOPTS} ICONV NLS P4 PERL"
+			GITUNSETOPTS="${GITUNSETOPTS} SEND_EMAIL SUBTREE SVN"
+			GITUNSETOPTS="${GITUNSETOPTS} PCRE PCRE2"
+			PBUILD_FLAGS="OSVERSION=${_OSVERSION} BATCH=yes"
+			PBUILD_FLAGS="${PBUILD_FLAGS} UNAME_r=${UNAME_r}"
+			PBUILD_FLAGS="${PBUILD_FLAGS} OSREL=${REVISION}"
+			PBUILD_FLAGS="${PBUILD_FLAGS} WRKDIRPREFIX=/tmp/ports"
+			PBUILD_FLAGS="${PBUILD_FLAGS} DISTDIR=/tmp/distfiles"
+			eval chroot ${CHROOTDIR} env OPTIONS_UNSET=\"${GITUNSETOPTS}\" \
+				${PBUILD_FLAGS} \
+				make -C /usr/ports/archivers/gtar FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=1 \
+				WRKDIRPREFIX=/tmp/ports \
+				DISTDIR=/tmp/distfiles \
+				install clean distclean
+		else
+			eval chroot ${CHROOTDIR} env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes \
+				pkg install -y archivers/gtar
+			eval chroot ${CHROOTDIR} env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes \
+				pkg clean -y
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	buildenv_setup
 
 	return 0
diff --git a/release/scripts/make-oci-image.sh b/release/scripts/make-oci-image.sh
--- a/release/scripts/make-oci-image.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/make-oci-image.sh
@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@
 	local image=$1; shift
 	local output=$1; shift
 
-	# Note: the diff_id (needed for image config) is the hash of the uncompressed tar
-	tar -C ${workdir}/rootfs --strip-components 1 -cf ${workdir}/rootfs.tar .
+	# Note: the diff_id (needed for image config) is the hash of the
+	# uncompressed tar.
+	#
+	# We use gtar for building container image layers due to an
+	# incompatiblity issue with bsdtar
+	# (https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/25270)
+	gtar -C ${workdir}/rootfs --strip-components 1 -cf ${workdir}/rootfs.tar .
 	local diff_id=$(sha256 -q < ${workdir}/rootfs.tar)
 	gzip -f ${workdir}/rootfs.tar
 	local create_time=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%TZ)