diff --git a/.travis-create-release.sh b/.travis-create-release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0404fc124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis-create-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# $1 is expected to be $TRAVIS_OS_NAME
+
+if [ "$1" == osx ]; then
+    make -f Makefile.org \
+	 DISTTARVARS="NAME=_srcdist TAR_COMMAND='\$\$(TAR) \$\$(TARFLAGS) -s \"|^|\$\$(NAME)/|\" -T \$\$(TARFILE).list -cvf -' TARFLAGS='-n' TARFILE=_srcdist.tar" SHELL='sh -vx' dist
+else
+    make -f Makefile.org DISTTARVARS='TARFILE=_srcdist.tar NAME=_srcdist' SHELL='sh -v' dist
+fi
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 288a3f126..ad05909de 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ matrix:
           env: CONFIG_OPTS="-d --strict-warnings"
 
 before_script:
-    - make -f Makefile.org TARFILE=_srcdist.tar NAME=_srcdist dist
+    - sh .travis-create-release.sh $TRAVIS_OS_NAME
     - tar -xvzf _srcdist.tar.gz
     - cd _srcdist
     - if [ "$CC" == i686-w64-mingw32-gcc ]; then