diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index c8c05019ee3..d69e0b3b302 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _cargo_dist_version=0.40.0
 # Always make sure custom distfiles used for bootstrap are
 # uploaded to https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/distfiles/
 wrksrc="rustc-${version}-src"
-hostmakedepends="cmake curl pkg-config python3"
+hostmakedepends="cmake curl pkg-config python3 tar"
 makedepends="libffi-devel ncurses-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel llvm"
 depends="rust-std"
 short_desc="Safe, concurrent, practical systems language"