diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d4369db..7680883 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * Fix up the license list some more.
 * Send STDIN to /dev/null in the child when executing Makefile.PL.
   (Bug report from Peter Willis.)
+* Ignore pax_global_header file.
 
 1.77    2008-06-16
 
diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
index 36d200d..7723192 100755
--- a/cpanspec
+++ b/cpanspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 #
-# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.64 2008/06/23 23:55:11 stevenpritchard Exp $
+# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.65 2008/07/02 18:27:25 stevenpritchard Exp $
 
 our $NAME="cpanspec";
 our $VERSION='1.78';
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ for my $file (@args) {
     
     my $bogus=0;
     for my $entry (list_files($archive, $type)) {
+        next if ($type eq 'tar' and $entry eq 'pax_global_header');
+
         if ($entry !~ /^(?:.\/)?($name-(?:v\.?)?$version)(?:\/|$)/) {
             warn "BOGUS PATH DETECTED: $entry\n";
             $bogus++;