diff --git a/deb/Makefile b/deb/Makefile
index bb15996541..a752645bfa 100644
--- a/deb/Makefile
+++ b/deb/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ BUILD?=DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 \
 
 # Additional flags may be necessary at some point
 RUN_FLAGS=
+
+# FIXME(thaJeztah): disabling seccomp to handle (armhf) tar "chown / chmod" failing
+# when running in a Ubuntu 24.04 container on a Ubuntu 20.04.6 host (kernel 5.15.0-1053-aws);
+# see https://github.com/docker/docker-ce-packaging/pull/1006#issuecomment-2006878743
 RUN?=docker run --rm \
+	--security-opt seccomp=unconfined \
 	-e PLATFORM \
 	-e EPOCH='$(EPOCH)' \
 	-e DEB_VERSION=$(word 1, $(GEN_DEB_VER)) \