diff --git a/QGCInstaller.pri b/QGCInstaller.pri
index 9c535cc6009e3bd0c72f76285224fc489e567cec..8ea5ceeb4dc49483ec9436c548d47e0c2a71d809 100644
--- a/QGCInstaller.pri
+++ b/QGCInstaller.pri
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ installer {
         OTHER_FILES += deploy/qgroundcontrol_installer.nsi
     }
     LinuxBuild {
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && tar -cjf qgroundcontrol.tar.bz2 release --transform 's/release/qgroundcontrol/'
+        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && mkdir -p release/package
+        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && tar -cjf release/package/qgroundcontrol.tar.bz2 release --exclude='package' --transform 's/release/qgroundcontrol/' 
     }
 }