diff --git a/cmake/BareosCheckAcl.cmake b/cmake/BareosCheckAcl.cmake
index 2d9268ab1ac..c6e5d2de6ce 100644
--- a/cmake/BareosCheckAcl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BareosCheckAcl.cmake
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ find_program(GETFACL_PROG getfacl)
 
 set(SETFACL_WORKS NO)
 if(SETFACL_PROG AND GETFACL_PROG)
-  file(TOUCH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/acl-test-file.txt")
+  file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/acl-test-file.txt" "Just a testfile")
   exec_program(${SETFACL_PROG}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     ARGS "-m user:0:rw- acl-test-file.txt"
diff --git a/cmake/BareosCheckXattr.cmake b/cmake/BareosCheckXattr.cmake
index 2b6169f604a..9fdf2b7770b 100644
--- a/cmake/BareosCheckXattr.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BareosCheckXattr.cmake
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ find_program(GETFATTR_PROG getfattr)
 
 set(SETFATTR_WORKS NO)
 if(SETFATTR_PROG AND GETFATTR_PROG)
-  file(TOUCH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xattr-test-file.txt")
+  file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xattr-test-file.txt" "Just a testfile")
   exec_program(${SETFATTR_PROG}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     ARGS "--name=user.cmake-check --value=xattr-value xattr-test-file.txt"