diff --git a/pkg/rpm/cpio2tar.go b/pkg/rpm/cpio2tar.go
index d9a3035..00b25b1 100644
--- a/pkg/rpm/cpio2tar.go
+++ b/pkg/rpm/cpio2tar.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func Tar(rs io.Reader, tarfile *tar.Writer, noSymlinksAndDirs bool, capabilities
 				continue
 			}
 			tarHeader.Typeflag = tar.TypeSymlink
+			tarHeader.Size = 0
 			buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(entry.Payload)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ func Tar(rs io.Reader, tarfile *tar.Writer, noSymlinksAndDirs bool, capabilities
 		case cpio.S_ISREG:
 			if entry.Header.Nlink() > 1 && entry.Header.Filesize() == 0 {
 				tarHeader.Typeflag = tar.TypeLink
+				tarHeader.Size = 0
 				hardLinks[entry.Header.Ino()] = append(hardLinks[entry.Header.Ino()], tarHeader)
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/rpm/tar.go b/pkg/rpm/tar.go
index 1157cab..b40df43 100644
--- a/pkg/rpm/tar.go
+++ b/pkg/rpm/tar.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func CPIOToTarHeader(entry *cpio.CpioEntry) (*tar.Header, error) {
 		tarHeader.Typeflag = tar.TypeFifo
 	case cpio.S_ISLNK:
 		tarHeader.Typeflag = tar.TypeSymlink
+		tarHeader.Size = 0
 		buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(entry.Payload)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ func CPIOToTarHeader(entry *cpio.CpioEntry) (*tar.Header, error) {
 			tarHeader.Typeflag = tar.TypeLink
 		}
 		tarHeader.Typeflag = tar.TypeReg
+		tarHeader.Size = 0
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown file mode 0%o for %s",
 			entry.Header.Mode(), entry.Header.Filename())
diff --git a/pkg/rpm/tar_test.go b/pkg/rpm/tar_test.go
index d4fa5e0..815ce18 100644
--- a/pkg/rpm/tar_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rpm/tar_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestRPMToTar(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedHeaders: []*tar.Header{
 				{Name: "./etc/libvirt/libvirt-admin.conf", Size: 450, Mode: 33188},
 				{Name: "./etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf", Size: 547, Mode: 33188},
-				{Name: "./usr/lib64/libvirt.so.0", Size: 19, Mode: 41471},
+				{Name: "./usr/lib64/libvirt.so.0", Size: 0, Mode: 41471},
 			},
 			prefix:      "",
 			stripPrefix: false,