diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/CompressArchiveUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/CompressArchiveUtil.java
index 2cf341bdc..a9a972382 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/CompressArchiveUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/CompressArchiveUtil.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public static File archiveTARFiles(File base, Iterable<File> files, String archi
             tos.setLongFileMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.LONGFILE_GNU);
             for (File file : files) {
                 TarArchiveEntry tarEntry = new TarArchiveEntry(file);
-                tarEntry.setName(relativize(base, file));
+                tarEntry.setName(relativize(base.getCanonicalFile(), file.getCanonicalFile()));
 
                 if (!file.isDirectory()) {
                     if (file.canExecute()) {