diff --git a/0001-Always-write-big-endian-in-numeric_extended_into.patch b/0001-Always-write-big-endian-in-numeric_extended_into.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9331801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Always-write-big-endian-in-numeric_extended_into.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From e1a09f57546c9627ca576a39b84e2105d25b1e77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Josh Stone <jistone@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:03:52 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Always write big-endian in numeric_extended_into
+
+Before, this was transforming the number `to_be()`, then pulling out
+least-significant bytes at shr 0, 8, 16, etc.  This has the effect of
+writing reversed bytes on a little-endian target.  But since `to_be()`
+does nothing on actual big-endian machines, they end up incorrectly
+writing the true least-significant bytes first.
+
+Instead, we can just reverse the order of the shift indexes, and then
+the platform endianness is irrelevant.
+
+Fixes #161.
+---
+ src/header.rs | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/header.rs b/src/header.rs
+index 124c466d9874..0f2d7bd9c148 100644
+--- a/src/header.rs
++++ b/src/header.rs
+@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ fn numeric_extended_into(dst: &mut [u8], src: u64) {
+     let len: usize = dst.len();
+     for (slot, val) in dst.iter_mut().zip(
+         repeat(0).take(len - 8) // to zero init extra bytes
+-            .chain((0..8).map(|x| ((src.to_be() >> (8 * x)) & 0xff) as u8)),
++            .chain((0..8).rev().map(|x| ((src >> (8 * x)) & 0xff) as u8)),
+     ) {
+         *slot = val;
+     }
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/rust-tar.spec b/rust-tar.spec
index 988e73f..b09cdde 100644
--- a/rust-tar.spec
+++ b/rust-tar.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Source0:        https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{
 # * No redox
 Patch0:         tar-0.4.15-fix-metadata.diff
 
+# https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/pull/163
+Patch1:         0001-Always-write-big-endian-in-numeric_extended_into.patch
+
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 
 BuildRequires:  rust-packaging