diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 95d165d..c8c3c8a 100644
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -2384,12 +2384,12 @@ nvm_extract_tarball() {
 
   if [ "${NVM_OS}" = 'openbsd' ]; then
     if [ "${tar_compression_flag}" = 'J' ]; then
-      command xzcat "${TARBALL}" | "${tar}" -xf - -C "${TMPDIR}" -s '/[^\/]*\///' || return 1
+      command xzcat "${TARBALL}" | "${tar}" --no-same-owner -xf - -C "${TMPDIR}" -s '/[^\/]*\///' || return 1
     else
-      command "${tar}" -x${tar_compression_flag}f "${TARBALL}" -C "${TMPDIR}" -s '/[^\/]*\///' || return 1
+      command "${tar}" --no-same-owner -x${tar_compression_flag}f "${TARBALL}" -C "${TMPDIR}" -s '/[^\/]*\///' || return 1
     fi
   else
-    command "${tar}" -x${tar_compression_flag}f "${TARBALL}" -C "${TMPDIR}" --strip-components 1 || return 1
+    command "${tar}" --no-same-owner -x${tar_compression_flag}f "${TARBALL}" -C "${TMPDIR}" --strip-components 1 || return 1
   fi
 }