diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
index a6198c3..92f1dad 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ module Vagrant
           system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cp #{lxc_template_src} #{dest}"])
 
           @logger.debug('Extracting rootfs')
-          system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box.directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz -C #{rootfs_cache}"])
+          # TODO: Ideally the compressed rootfs should not output errors...
+          system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box.directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz -C #{rootfs_cache} 2>/dev/null"])
 
           box.metadata.merge!(
             'template-name'     => template_name,
diff --git a/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb b/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
index 7a76015..18c81aa 100644
--- a/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Action::HandleBoxMetadata do
 
   it 'extracts rootfs into a tmp folder' do
     subject.should have_received(:system).
-                   with(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box_directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz -C #{tmpdir}"])
+                   with(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box_directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz -C #{tmpdir} 2>/dev/null"])
   end
 end