diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java
index 862d68ebc0aaa..52b6dde3794d8 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ void buildPackage()
     LOG.info("Compressing tarball");
     try (TarArchiveOutputStream out = new TarArchiveOutputStream(
         targetStream)) {
+      // Workaround for the compress issue present from 1.21: COMPRESS-587
+      out.setBigNumberMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.BIGNUMBER_STAR);
       for (String fullPath : filteredInputFiles) {
         LOG.info("Adding " + fullPath);
         File file = new File(fullPath);