diff --git a/scripts/generate-release-archive b/scripts/generate-release-archive
index 5fa433212..68698ad4e 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-release-archive
+++ b/scripts/generate-release-archive
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ fi
 result=../$name-$version.tar.bz2
 rm -f "${result}"
 for f in "${files[@]}"; do echo "$f"; done | \
-    tar --owner=root --group=root --transform="s|^|$name-$version/|" \
-	-cjf "${result}" -T- -h &&
+    tar --owner=root --group=root --transform="s|^|$name-$version/|;s|^$name-$version/../scst/include/backport.h$|../scst/include/backport.h|;s|^$name-$version/scstadmin.sysfs$|scstadmin.sysfs|" \
+	-cjf "${result}" -T- &&
     ls -l "${result}"