diff --git a/srcpkgs/bk/template b/srcpkgs/bk/template
index cabb264ef62..3f78338b5ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bk/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=bk
 reverts="7.3ce.1_1 7.3ce.1_2 7.3ce_1 7.3ce_2"
 version=7.3.3
 revision=1
-hostmakedepends="gperf groff perl bison pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gperf groff perl bison pkg-config tar"
 makedepends="libXft-devel libtomcrypt-devel libtommath-devel pcre-devel liblz4-devel"
 # bundles: tcl tk
 short_desc="BitKeeper Distributed Source Control System"