diff --git a/tests/extrac08.at b/tests/extrac08.at
index 2bcd10cf..6ca33bdd 100644
--- a/tests/extrac08.at
+++ b/tests/extrac08.at
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ AT_SETUP([restoring mode on existing directory])
 AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac08])
 
 AT_TAR_CHECK([
+umask 000
 mkdir dir
 chmod 755 dir
 echo bla > dir/file
diff --git a/tests/xform-h.at b/tests/xform-h.at
index 8adf7370..28de384f 100644
--- a/tests/xform-h.at
+++ b/tests/xform-h.at
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AT_KEYWORDS([transform xform xform-h])
 
 m4_define([xform],[
 echo "$1"
-tar cf archive --transform="s,^basedir/,,$2" basedir
+tar cf archive --transform="s,^basedir/,,$2" basedir/test basedir/test_link
 tar tvf archive | sed -n 's/.*test_link link to //p'
 ])