--- tar-1.24.ebuild
+++ tar-1.24.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	use userland_GNU || myconf="--program-prefix=g"
 	# Work around bug in sandbox #67051
 	gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=yes \
-	econf \
+	FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 econf \
 		--enable-backup-scripts \
 		--bindir=/bin \
 		--libexecdir=/usr/sbin \