diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
index b38d32acc6d..b0ae5914e91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ configure_args="
  --with-vendor-bug-url="https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues"
  --with-vendor-vm-bug-url="https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues""
 make_build_args="images $(vopt_if docs docs) COMPILER_WARNINGS_FATAL=false"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf cpio unzip zip ca-certificates
- zlib-devel make-ca"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf cpio tar unzip zip ca-certificates
+ zlib-devel make-ca which"
 makedepends="libXrender-devel libXtst-devel libXt-devel libXrandr-devel
  giflib-devel cups-devel freetype-devel alsa-lib-devel fontconfig-devel
  zlib-devel"