diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
index ed449c967d7..5c4de20308a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.4.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc="dhcp-${version/P/-P}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="perl tar"
 short_desc="Server from the Internet Software Consortium's implementation of DHCP"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="ISC"