diff --git a/native/XPlatLauncher/build.rs b/native/XPlatLauncher/build.rs
index 68df8b03329e..ab175ee0b6a1 100644
--- a/native/XPlatLauncher/build.rs
+++ b/native/XPlatLauncher/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+//
+// Modified by Dmitrij Pochepko at 2025 as part of the OpenIDE project (https://openide.ru).
+// Any modifications are available on the same license terms as the original source code.
 
 use {
     anyhow::{bail, Context, Result},
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ fn extract_tar_bz2(archive: &Path, dest: &Path, extract_marker: &Path) -> Result
         false => {
             trace!("Using tar");
             Command::new("tar")
+                .env("_OPENIDE_FOO", "bar") // workaround for rust issue 37519
                 .arg("-xjvf")
                 .arg(get_non_unc_string(archive)?)
                 .arg("-C")