makedist.sh | 2 +-

diff --git a/makedist.sh b/makedist.sh
index d4364b054fa5373e5e764c115405e9843ea54536f95cea1fc893f0bc81fde7ff..f340a7956098f0ad39b2ea152d720b58a305833453927ac4d69ee253c26eefec 100755
--- a/makedist.sh
+++ b/makedist.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ xz -9v pyderasn-"$release".tar
 gpg --detach-sign --sign --local-user 04A933D1BA20327A pyderasn-"$release".tar.xz
 
 tarball=pyderasn-"$release".tar.xz
-size=$(( $(wc -c < $tarball) / 1024 ))
+size=$(( $(stat -f %z $tarball) / 1024 ))
 hash=$(gpg --print-md SHA256 < $tarball)
 release_date=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")