diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template b/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template
index ec9248a6d8e..534d198fd22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ version=$_mingw_version
 revision=5
 archs="x86_64* i686*"
 create_wrksrc=yes
-hostmakedepends="flex perl python3"
+hostmakedepends="flex perl python3 tar"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
 # it's ok to build with current's -devel packages
 # although it might break the package during compiler updates