diff --git a/srcpkgs/wsjtx/template b/srcpkgs/wsjtx/template
index 28749be6b45..b2f802ba7c7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wsjtx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wsjtx/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_wrksrc="wsjtx"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-Dhamlib_LIBRARY_DIRS=/usr/lib -DRIGCTLCOM_EXE=
  -DRIGCTL_EXE= -DRIGCTLD_EXE="
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config gcc-fortran ruby-asciidoctor asciidoc"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gcc-fortran ruby-asciidoctor asciidoc tar"
 makedepends="boost-devel fftw-devel libgomp-devel hamlib-devel libusb-devel qt5-devel
  qt5-multimedia-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-serialport-devel qt5-plugin-mysql
  qt5-plugin-odbc qt5-plugin-pgsql qt5-plugin-sqlite qt5-plugin-tds"