diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2f5bff718..9ae708c13 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2006-09-01  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
     * src/plugins/Calendar.py: fix filter typo
+    * src/plugins/WritePkg.py: don't set uid on Windows
 
 2006-09-01  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_DbUtils.py: Use normal addition: this updates
diff --git a/src/plugins/WritePkg.py b/src/plugins/WritePkg.py
index 36b2b106a..9e5469145 100644
--- a/src/plugins/WritePkg.py
+++ b/src/plugins/WritePkg.py
@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ class PackageWriter:
         tarinfo = tarfile.TarInfo('data.gramps')
         tarinfo.size = len(g.getvalue())
         tarinfo.mtime = time.time()
-        tarinfo.uid = os.getuid()
-        tarinfo.gid = os.getgid()
+        if os.sys.platform != "win32":
+            tarinfo.uid = os.getuid()
+            tarinfo.gid = os.getgid()
         g.seek(0)
         archive.addfile(tarinfo,g)
         archive.close()