diff --git a/SConscript.dist b/SConscript.dist
index 631e9595..0e1b0ede 100644
--- a/SConscript.dist
+++ b/SConscript.dist
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tarfile
 import zipfile
 import sys
 from glob import glob
+from StringIO import StringIO
 
 sdk_dir = path.join(build.dir, 'sdk')
 excludes = ['.pdb', '.exp', '.ilk', '.db', '.gitignore','.psd', '.xib'
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ def build_packaging_tools(target, source, env):
 	print "Packing packaging tools (%s) " % tgz_file_path
 	tgz_file = tarfile.open(tgz_file_path, 'w:gz')
 	add_files_to_archive(tgz_file, effess.add_to_tgz)
+	tgz_file.addfile(tarfile.TarInfo(
+		'/'.join(['sdk', build.os, build.version, '.packager'])),
+		StringIO('#'))
 	tgz_file.close()
 
 # Builder for all module and runtime component zip files
diff --git a/sdk/env.py b/sdk/env.py
index 55adead5..bdb41dc8 100644
--- a/sdk/env.py
+++ b/sdk/env.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 class PackagingEnvironment(object):
 	def __init__(self, target_os, packaging_server=False):
+		self.components_dir = None
 		self.version = __init__.get_titanium_version()
 		self.excludes = ['.pdb', '.exp', '.ilk', '.lib', '.svn',
 			'.git', '.gitignore', '.cvsignore']
@@ -27,19 +28,19 @@ def init_packaging_server_dirs(self, script_dir):
 		self.install_dirs = [p.join(script_dir, '..', '..', '..')]
 
 	def init_normal_dirs(self, script_dir):
-		if (self.target_os is 'linux'):
+		if (self.target_os == 'linux'):
 			self.install_dirs = [
 				p.expanduser('~/.titanium'),
 				"/opt/titanium",
 				"/usr/local/lib/titanium",
 				"/usr/lib/titanium"
 			]
-		elif (self.target_os is 'osx'):
+		elif (self.target_os == 'osx'):
 			self.install_dirs = [
 				p.expanduser('~/Library/Application Support/Titanium'),
 				'/Library/Application Support/Titanium'
 			]
-		elif (self.target_os is 'win32'):
+		elif (self.target_os == 'win32'):
 			self.install_dirs = [
 				p.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], 'Titanium'),
 				# TODO: Is there a better way to determine this directory?
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ def init_normal_dirs(self, script_dir):
 			self.components_dir = p.join(script_dir, '..')
 
 	def create_app(self, path):
-		if self.target_os is 'linux':
+		if self.target_os == 'linux':
 			return linux_app.LinuxApp(self, path)
-		if self.target_os is 'osx':
+		if self.target_os == 'osx':
 			return osx_app.OSXApp(self, path)
-		if self.target_os is 'win32':
+		if self.target_os == 'win32':
 			return win32_app.Win32App(self, path)
 
 	def log(self, text):
diff --git a/sdk/linux_app.py b/sdk/linux_app.py
index 7e48f6f2..697aef54 100644
--- a/sdk/linux_app.py
+++ b/sdk/linux_app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ def package(self, package_dir, bundle=False):
 		longname = self.name + "-" + self.version
 		def tar_callback(f, tar_file):
 			print f
-			tar_file.add(f, longname + "/" + f.replace(self.stage_dir + os.sep, ""))
+			# tar paths in <= 2.5 must be non unicode
+			f = f.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+			tarname = longname + "/" + f.replace(self.stage_dir + os.sep, "")
+			tarname = tarname.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+			tar_file.add(f, tarname)
 
 		effess.make_tgz(self.stage_dir, p.join(package_dir, longname + '.tgz'),
 			callback=tar_callback)