diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template b/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template
index cbe80e8ef31..29e3b4be974 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="GFDL-1.2-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/gcc/gcc-${version}/gcc-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=ea6ef08f121239da5695f76c9b33637a118dcf63e24164422231917fa61fb206
 
-hostmakedepends="perl flex zip unzip"
+hostmakedepends="perl flex tar zip unzip"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libmpc-devel isl15-devel libfl-devel
  glibc-32bit glibc-devel-32bit"