diff --git a/hack/preload-images/generate.go b/hack/preload-images/generate.go
index 3d734b740f5b..14c3e182a94f 100644
--- a/hack/preload-images/generate.go
+++ b/hack/preload-images/generate.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func createImageTarball(tarballFilename, containerRuntime string) error {
 		dirs = append(dirs, "./lib/containers")
 	}
 
-	args := []string{"exec", profile, "sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-cf", tarballFilename}
+	args := []string{"exec", profile, "sudo", "tar", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include", "security.capability", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-cf", tarballFilename}
 	args = append(args, dirs...)
 	cmd := exec.Command("docker", args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index fdbb28ae4336..7fcc7aa54d9b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) Preload(cc config.ClusterConfig) error {
 
 	t = time.Now()
 	// extract the tarball to /var in the VM
-	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
+	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include", "security.capability", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "extracting tarball: %s", rr.Output())
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Took %f seconds to extract the tarball", time.Since(t).Seconds())
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
index d23a14afe78b..1cbf119dcd36 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (r *CRIO) Preload(cc config.ClusterConfig) error {
 
 	t = time.Now()
 	// extract the tarball to /var in the VM
-	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
+	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include", "security.capability", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "extracting tarball: %s", rr.Output())
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Took %f seconds to extract the tarball", time.Since(t).Seconds())
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index c4cbead6265d..befccb464b9c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ func (r *Docker) Preload(cc config.ClusterConfig) error {
 	klog.Infof("Took %f seconds to copy over tarball", time.Since(t).Seconds())
 
 	// extract the tarball to /var in the VM
-	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
+	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include", "security.capability", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "extracting tarball: %s", rr.Output())
 	}