diff --git a/fs/cpio/cpio.mk b/fs/cpio/cpio.mk
index 28a435dd5e..72923ded47 100644
--- a/fs/cpio/cpio.mk
+++ b/fs/cpio/cpio.mk
@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ ROOTFS_CPIO_PRE_GEN_HOOKS += ROOTFS_CPIO_ADD_INIT
 # --reproducible option was introduced in cpio v2.12, which may not be
 # available in some old distributions, so we build host-cpio
 ifeq ($(BR2_REPRODUCIBLE),y)
-ROOTFS_CPIO_DEPENDENCIES += host-cpio
-ROOTFS_CPIO_OPTS += --reproducible
+ROOTFS_CPIO_DEPENDENCIES += host-cpio host-libarchive
 endif
 
 define ROOTFS_CPIO_CMD
-	cd $(TARGET_DIR) && find . | cpio $(ROOTFS_CPIO_OPTS) --quiet -o -H newc > $@
+	cd $(TARGET_DIR) \
+	&& find . -mindepth 1 -execdir touch -hcd "@0" "{}" + \
+	&& find . -mindepth 1 -printf '%P\0' \
+	| sort -z \
+	| LANG=C bsdtar --null -cnf - -T - \
+	| LANG=C bsdtar --uid 0 --gid 0 --null -cf - --format=newc @- \
+	> $@
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE),y)