diff --git a/dev/make-distribution.sh b/dev/make-distribution.sh
index d4c8559fd4adc..948ee19fbacd1 100755
--- a/dev/make-distribution.sh
+++ b/dev/make-distribution.sh
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ if [ "$MAKE_TGZ" == "true" ]; then
   TARDIR="$SPARK_HOME/$TARDIR_NAME"
   rm -rf "$TARDIR"
   cp -r "$DISTDIR" "$TARDIR"
-  tar czf "spark-$VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz" -C "$SPARK_HOME" "$TARDIR_NAME"
+  TAR="tar"
+  if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+    TAR="tar --no-mac-metadata --no-xattrs --no-fflags"
+  fi
+  $TAR -czf "spark-$VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz" -C "$SPARK_HOME" "$TARDIR_NAME"
   rm -rf "$TARDIR"
 fi