diff --git a/srcpkgs/znc/template b/srcpkgs/znc/template
index 696b59133c8..202e9dd567a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/znc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/znc/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="
  --enable-tcl
  --enable-cyrus
  --with-tcl=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl tar"
 makedepends="libressl-devel python3-devel tcl-devel libsasl-devel
  icu-devel zlib-devel perl"
 short_desc="An advanced IRC Bouncer"