diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc6/template b/srcpkgs/gcc6/template
index 5811f522e5d..99bc498be33 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc6/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc6/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ revision=2
 _majorver="${version%%.*}"
 _minorver="${version%.*}"
 create_wrksrc=yes
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl flex texinfo zip unzip"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl flex texinfo zip unzip tar"
 makedepends="gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="binutils"
 short_desc="GNU C Compiler (6.x)"