diff --git a/bin/build-plugin-zip.sh b/bin/build-plugin-zip.sh
index ec8c663cde63b9..e4b61c890f3814 100755
--- a/bin/build-plugin-zip.sh
+++ b/bin/build-plugin-zip.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ mv gutenberg.tmp.php gutenberg.php
 
 # Generate the plugin zip file.
 status "Creating archive... 🎁"
-zip -rD \
+zip --recurse-paths --no-dir-entries \
 	gutenberg.zip \
 	gutenberg.php \
 	lib \