diff --git a/util/tarfileappender.py b/util/tarfileappender.py
index cf0605cd3..200956c9a 100644
--- a/util/tarfileappender.py
+++ b/util/tarfileappender.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class TarfileAppender(TarLayerFormat):
       info = tarfile.TarInfo(dir_path)
       info.uid = self.last_info.uid
       info.gid = self.last_info.gid
+      info.mode = self.last_info.mode
+      info.mtime = self.last_info.mtime
+
       info.type = tarfile.REGTYPE if contents else tarfile.DIRTYPE
 
       if contents: