diff --git a/scripts/install-deps.sh b/scripts/install-deps.sh
index a8929d7..93d1bbc 100755
--- a/scripts/install-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-deps.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ printf "\n[-] Installing base OS dependencies...\n\n"
 
 apt-get update -y
 
-apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates bzip2 build-essential numactl python git wget
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates bzip2 bsdtar build-essential numactl python git wget
 
 dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture | awk -F- '{ print $NF }')"
 
diff --git a/scripts/install-meteor.sh b/scripts/install-meteor.sh
index 521d98d..0928b73 100755
--- a/scripts/install-meteor.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-meteor.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ else
   # set the release version in the install script
   sed -i.bak "s/RELEASE=.*/RELEASE=\"$METEOR_VERSION\"/g" /tmp/install_meteor.sh
 
+  # replace tar command with bsdtar in the install script (bsdtar -xf "$TARBALL_FILE" -C "$INSTALL_TMPDIR")
+  # https://github.com/jshimko/meteor-launchpad/issues/39
+  sed -i.bak "s/tar -xzf.*/bsdtar -xf \"\$TARBALL_FILE\" -C \"\$INSTALL_TMPDIR\"/g" /tmp/install_meteor.sh
+
   # install
   printf "\n[-] Installing Meteor $METEOR_VERSION...\n\n"
   sh /tmp/install_meteor.sh