diff --git a/srcpkgs/crystal/template b/srcpkgs/crystal/template
index 652c0edbb4..c32116072d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/crystal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/crystal/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ archs="x86_64* i686* aarch64* arm*"
 _shardsversion=0.9.0
 _bootstrapversion=0.32.1
 _bootstraprevision=1
-hostmakedepends="git llvm8"
+hostmakedepends="tar git llvm8"
 makedepends="gc-devel libatomic_ops pcre-devel libevent-devel libyaml-devel
  libxml2-devel"
 depends="gc-devel libatomic_ops pcre-devel libevent-devel libyaml-devel