diff --git a/srcpkgs/xchm/template b/srcpkgs/xchm/template
index 543a61bf46..2dc2f1bd9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xchm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xchm/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.31
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-wx-config=wx-config-gtk3"
-hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel tar"
 makedepends="libchmlib-devel wxWidgets-gtk3-devel"
 short_desc="CHM viewer for Unix"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"