diff --git a/app-arch/tar/files/tar-1.30-fix-test-92.patch b/app-arch/tar/files/tar-1.30-fix-test-92.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d5a63e4ab3559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/tar/files/tar-1.30-fix-test-92.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2017-12/msg00027.html
+
+--- a/tests/difflink.at
++++ b/tests/difflink.at
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mkdir a
+ genfile -f a/x
+ ln -s x a/y
+ ln a/y a/z
+-tar cf a.tar a
++tar cf a.tar a/x a/y a/z
+ rm a/z
+ ln -s x a/z
+ tar df a.tar
diff --git a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.30.ebuild b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.30.ebuild
index 7a541404f34b0..a06f678cc8948 100644
--- a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.30.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.30.ebuild
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	nls? ( >=sys-devel/gettext-0.10.35 )
 	xattr? ( elibc_glibc? ( sys-apps/attr ) )"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-test-92.patch )
+
 src_prepare() {
 	default