diff --git a/srcpkgs/vimpager/template b/srcpkgs/vimpager/template
index f7cb3de5e73..ef98b71a5ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vimpager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vimpager/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=vimpager
 version=2.06
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="sharutils pandoc"
+hostmakedepends="sharutils pandoc tar"
 short_desc="Pager using vim and less.vim"
 maintainer="ivierlin <github@ivierlin.de>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause-Attribution"