diff --git a/srcpkgs/grafana/template b/srcpkgs/grafana/template
index 5a4432b6796..6a1b338b8c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grafana/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grafana/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/grafana/grafana
 go_package="${go_import_path}/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli ${go_import_path}/pkg/cmd/grafana-server"
-hostmakedepends="nodejs-lts-10 yarn"
+hostmakedepends="nodejs-lts-10 tar yarn"
 short_desc="Open platform for beautiful analytics and monitoring"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"