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diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index 85611709b1..5eb7b095a5 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -644,13 +644,19 @@ TABLE: Configure
 
 update: depend errors stacks util/libeay.num util/ssleay.num crypto/objects/obj_dat.h TABLE
 
+# Build distribution tar-file. As the list of files returned by "find" is
+# pretty long, on several platforms a "too many arguments" error or similar
+# would occur. Therefore the list of files is temporarily stored into a file
+# and read directly, requiring GNU-Tar. Call "make TAR=gtar dist" if the normal
+# tar does not support the --files-from option.
 tar:
-	@$(TAR) $(TARFLAGS) -cvf - \
-		`find * \! -path CVS/\* \! -path \*/CVS/\* \! -name CVS \! -name .cvsignore \! -name STATUS \! -name TABLE | sort` |\
+	find * \! -path CVS/\* \! -path \*/CVS/\* \! -name CVS \! -name .cvsignore \! -name STATUS \! -name TABLE | sort > ../$(TARFILE).list; \
+	$(TAR) $(TARFLAGS) --files-from ../$(TARFILE).list -cvf - | \
 	tardy --user_number=0  --user_name=openssl \
 	      --group_number=0 --group_name=openssl \
 	      --prefix=openssl-$(VERSION) - |\
 	gzip --best >../$(TARFILE).gz; \
+	rm -f ../$(TARFILE).list; \
 	ls -l ../$(TARFILE).gz
 
 tar-snap: