diff --git a/srcpkgs/crash/template b/srcpkgs/crash/template
index 351356d5ac0..22b1cc069e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/crash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/crash/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=7.2.8
 revision=1
 archs="i686 x86_64"  # broken on musl
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="flex"
+hostmakedepends="flex tar"
 makedepends="lzo-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Kernel crash dump debugger and live inspector"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"