diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/Makefile b/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
index b7c0bd58ed..70402d9802 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ clean: ## remove build artifacts
 
 engine-$(ARCH).tar:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../image image-linux
-	docker save -o $@ $(shell cat ../image/image-linux)
+	docker save -o $@ $$(cat ../image/image-linux)
 
 .PHONY: deb
 deb: ubuntu debian raspbian ## build all deb packages
diff --git a/components/packaging/image/Makefile b/components/packaging/image/Makefile
index 1c57451c2b..381093fc70 100644
--- a/components/packaging/image/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/image/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ image-linux: $(ENGINE_DIR)/Dockerfile.engine
 	    --file $< $(ENGINE_DIR)
 	echo $(DOCKER_HUB_ORG)/$(ENGINE_IMAGE):$(STATIC_VERSION).$(ARCH) > $@
 
+engine-$(ARCH).tar: image-linux
+	docker save -o $@ $$(cat $<)
+
+
 .PHONY: release
 release:
 	docker push $(DOCKER_HUB_ORG)/$(ENGINE_IMAGE):$(STATIC_VERSION).$(ARCH)
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile b/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile
index bcad28cfdd..acc39144be 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ centos: centos-7 ## build all centos rpm packages
 
 engine-$(ARCH).tar:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../image image-linux
-	docker save $(shell cat ../image/image-linux) > $@
+	docker save -o $@ $$(cat ../image/image-linux) 
 
 .PHONY: fedora-28
 fedora-28: engine-$(ARCH).tar rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz ## build fedora-28 rpm packages