diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 72fc2ee..f2b5a9d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
     - stage: deploy
       d: ldc-1.22.0,dub
       os: osx
+      addons:
+        homebrew:
+          packages:
+            - gnu-tar
+          update: true
       script: echo "Deploying to GitHub releases ..." && ./scripts/ci/release.sh
       deploy:
         - provider: releases
diff --git a/scripts/ci/release.sh b/scripts/ci/release.sh
index 07e0970..bdc45da 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/release.sh
@@ -40,4 +40,10 @@
 
 echo "Building $archiveName"
 DMD="$(command -v $DMD)" ./build.d -release -m$ARCH ${CUSTOM_FLAGS[@]}
-tar cvfz "bin/$archiveName" --owner=0 --group=0 -C bin dub
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == darwin* ]]; then
+    TAR=gtar
+else
+    TAR=tar
+fi
+
+"$TAR" cvfz "bin/$archiveName" --owner=0 --group=0 -C bin dub