diff --git a/srcpkgs/7kaa/template b/srcpkgs/7kaa/template
index 81a55397f6d..77e64218031 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/7kaa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/7kaa/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=7kaa
 version=2.15.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="autoconf automake gettext-devel pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake gettext-devel pkg-config tar"
 makedepends="libcurl-devel libenet-devel libopenal-devel SDL2-devel"
 depends="${pkgname}-data-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries"