diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index feb3c4a7c..c6921bbc0 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ archives:
     format_overrides:
     - goos: windows
       format: zip
+    builds_info:
+      group: root
+      owner: root
     files:
       - README.md
       - LICENSE.md
diff --git a/internal/pipe/archive/archive.go b/internal/pipe/archive/archive.go
index efea0c785..32c2dd5d0 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/archive/archive.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/archive/archive.go
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ func doCreate(ctx *context.Context, arch config.Archive, binaries []*artifact.Ar
 		if err := a.Add(config.File{
 			Source:      binary.Path,
 			Destination: dst,
+			Info:        arch.BuildsInfo,
 		}); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to add: '%s' -> '%s': %w", binary.Path, dst, err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/archive/archive_test.go b/internal/pipe/archive/archive_test.go
index eaef21dcb..27c7b4dc9 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/archive/archive_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/archive/archive_test.go
@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 					ProjectName: "foobar",
 					Archives: []config.Archive{
 						{
-							ID:                      "myid",
-							Builds:                  []string{"default"},
+							ID:     "myid",
+							Builds: []string{"default"},
+							BuildsInfo: config.FileInfo{
+								Owner: "root",
+								Group: "root",
+							},
 							NameTemplate:            defaultNameTemplate,
 							StripParentBinaryFolder: dets.Strip,
 							Files: []config.File{
@@ -233,6 +237,11 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						tarFiles(t, filepath.Join(dist, name)),
 					)
+
+					header := tarInfo(t, filepath.Join(dist, name), expectBin)
+					require.Equal(t, "root", header.Uname)
+					require.Equal(t, "root", header.Gname)
+
 				}
 			}
 			if format == "zip" {
@@ -363,6 +372,27 @@ func zipFiles(t *testing.T, path string) []string {
 	return paths
 }
 
+func tarInfo(t *testing.T, path, name string) *tar.Header {
+	t.Helper()
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer f.Close()
+	gr, err := gzip.NewReader(f)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer gr.Close()
+	r := tar.NewReader(gr)
+	for {
+		next, err := r.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if next.Name == name {
+			return next
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func tarFiles(t *testing.T, path string) []string {
 	t.Helper()
 	f, err := os.Open(path)
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index fbb8fa103..c8b72acee 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ type UniversalBinary struct {
 type Archive struct {
 	ID                        string            `yaml:"id,omitempty" json:"id,omitempty"`
 	Builds                    []string          `yaml:"builds,omitempty" json:"builds,omitempty"`
+	BuildsInfo                FileInfo          `yaml:"builds_info,omitempty" json:"builds_info,omitempty"`
 	NameTemplate              string            `yaml:"name_template,omitempty" json:"name_template,omitempty"`
 	Replacements              map[string]string `yaml:"replacements,omitempty" json:"replacements,omitempty"` // Deprecated: use templates instead
 	Format                    string            `yaml:"format,omitempty" json:"format,omitempty"`
diff --git a/www/docs/customization/archive.md b/www/docs/customization/archive.md
index 230d05be8..ec4422d2b 100644
--- a/www/docs/customization/archive.md
+++ b/www/docs/customization/archive.md
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ archives:
     #   - `{{ .Binary }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}{{ with .Arm }}v{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ with .Mips }}_{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ if not (eq .Amd64 "v1") }}{{ .Amd64 }}{{ end }}`
     name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
 
+    # Sets the given file info to all the binaries included from the `builds`.
+    #
+    # Default is to use the actual binary properties.
+    #
+    # Since: v1.14.0.
+    builds_info:
+      group: root
+      owner: root
+      mode: 0644
+      # format is `time.RFC3339Nano`
+      mtime: 2008-01-02T15:04:05Z
+
+
     # Set this to true if you want all files in the archive to be in a single directory.
     # If set to true and you extract the archive 'goreleaser_Linux_arm64.tar.gz',
     # you'll get a folder 'goreleaser_Linux_arm64'.
diff --git a/www/docs/static/schema.json b/www/docs/static/schema.json
index 90f566d65..5a3a22d57 100644
--- a/www/docs/static/schema.json
+++ b/www/docs/static/schema.json
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
 						},
 						"type": "array"
 					},
+					"builds_info": {
+						"$ref": "#/$defs/FileInfo"
+					},
 					"name_template": {
 						"type": "string"
 					},