diff --git a/dist/plugin.jelly b/dist/plugin.jelly
index b6bc06c9..0974e7a1 100644
--- a/dist/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dist/plugin.jelly
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
artifact="distributions.tar.gz"
type="distributions"
assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
- siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@;gunzip distributions.tar.gz;tar xUvf distributions.tar;chmod -R g+u *;rm distributions.tar"
+ siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@;${maven.dist.gunzip.executable} distributions.tar.gz;${maven.dist.tar.executable} xUvf distributions.tar;chmod -R g+u *;rm distributions.tar"
/>
diff --git a/dist/plugin.properties b/dist/plugin.properties
index a909acef..e1e5d313 100644
--- a/dist/plugin.properties
+++ b/dist/plugin.properties
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ maven.dist.src.archive.dir=${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/src
maven.dist.bin.assembly.dir=${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/bin/${maven.final.name}
maven.dist.src.assembly.dir=${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/src/${maven.final.name}
maven.dist.dir=${maven.build.dir}/distributions
+maven.dist.tar.executable=tar
+maven.dist.gunzip.executable=gunzip
diff --git a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
index 27361ac0..ac90ccfc 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
maven.dist.tar.executable and maven.dist.gunzip.executable for specifying the remote executables for these functionstar, found via the path.gunzip, found via the path.