diff --git a/changelog.d/2800.change.rst b/changelog.d/2800.change.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbb201e70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2800.change.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Added ``--owner`` and ``--group`` options to the ``sdist`` command,
+for specifying file ownership within the produced tarball (similarly
+to the corresponding distutils ``sdist`` options).
diff --git a/setuptools/command/sdist.py b/setuptools/command/sdist.py
index 4a014283c8..e8062f2e41 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/sdist.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/sdist.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class sdist(sdist_add_defaults, orig.sdist):
         ('dist-dir=', 'd',
          "directory to put the source distribution archive(s) in "
          "[default: dist]"),
+        ('owner=', 'u',
+         "Owner name used when creating a tar file [default: current user]"),
+        ('group=', 'g',
+         "Group name used when creating a tar file [default: current group]"),
     ]
 
     negative_opt = {}