diff --git a/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template b/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template
index 9483c5b3bc..c6ed94d801 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.2.1
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=qmake
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake qt5-tools"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake qt5-tools tar xz"
 makedepends="libtorrent-rasterbar-devel qt5-declarative-devel qt5-svg-devel"
 depends="qt5-svg"
 short_desc="Free software alternative to µtorrent"