diff --git a/cross/musl-aarch64/APKBUILD b/cross/musl-aarch64/APKBUILD
index 2a6c74d94..ac61c6c6e 100644
--- a/cross/musl-aarch64/APKBUILD
+++ b/cross/musl-aarch64/APKBUILD
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ source="
 package() {
     mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/$_target"
     cd "$pkgdir/usr/$_target"
-    tar -xf $srcdir/musl-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
+    # Use 'busybox tar' to avoid 'tar: Child returned status 141'
+    # on some machines (builds.sr.ht, gitlab-ci). See pmaports#26.
+    busybox tar -xf $srcdir/musl-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
     rm .PKGINFO .SIGN.*
 }
 package_dev() {
     mkdir -p "$subpkgdir/usr/$_target"
     cd "$subpkgdir/usr/$_target"
-    tar -xf $srcdir/musl-dev-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
+    # Use 'busybox tar' to avoid 'tar: Child returned status 141'
+    # on some machines (builds.sr.ht, gitlab-ci). See pmaports#26.
+    busybox tar -xf $srcdir/musl-dev-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
     rm .PKGINFO .SIGN.*
 
     # symlink everything from /usr/$_target/usr/* to /usr/$_target/*
diff --git a/cross/musl-armhf/APKBUILD b/cross/musl-armhf/APKBUILD
index 2d99d6a48..b4807276d 100644
--- a/cross/musl-armhf/APKBUILD
+++ b/cross/musl-armhf/APKBUILD
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ source="
 package() {
     mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/$_target"
     cd "$pkgdir/usr/$_target"
-    tar -xf $srcdir/musl-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
+    # Use 'busybox tar' to avoid 'tar: Child returned status 141'
+    # on some machines (builds.sr.ht, gitlab-ci). See pmaports#26.
+    busybox tar -xf $srcdir/musl-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
     rm .PKGINFO .SIGN.*
 }
 package_dev() {
     mkdir -p "$subpkgdir/usr/$_target"
     cd "$subpkgdir/usr/$_target"
-    tar -xf $srcdir/musl-dev-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
+    # Use 'busybox tar' to avoid 'tar: Child returned status 141'
+    # on some machines (builds.sr.ht, gitlab-ci). See pmaports#26.
+    busybox tar -xf $srcdir/musl-dev-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
     rm .PKGINFO .SIGN.*
 
     # symlink everything from /usr/$_target/usr/* to /usr/$_target/*
diff --git a/cross/musl-armv7/APKBUILD b/cross/musl-armv7/APKBUILD
index 07883a8a2..210ab5785 100644
--- a/cross/musl-armv7/APKBUILD
+++ b/cross/musl-armv7/APKBUILD
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ source="
 package() {
     mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/$_target"
     cd "$pkgdir/usr/$_target"
-    tar -xf $srcdir/musl-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
+    # Use 'busybox tar' to avoid 'tar: Child returned status 141'
+    # on some machines (builds.sr.ht, gitlab-ci). See pmaports#26.
+    busybox tar -xf $srcdir/musl-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
     rm .PKGINFO .SIGN.*
 }
 package_dev() {
     mkdir -p "$subpkgdir/usr/$_target"
     cd "$subpkgdir/usr/$_target"
-    tar -xf $srcdir/musl-dev-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
+    # Use 'busybox tar' to avoid 'tar: Child returned status 141'
+    # on some machines (builds.sr.ht, gitlab-ci). See pmaports#26.
+    busybox tar -xf $srcdir/musl-dev-$pkgver-r$pkgrel-$_arch.apk
     rm .PKGINFO .SIGN.*
 
     # symlink everything from /usr/$_target/usr/* to /usr/$_target/*