diff --git a/srcpkgs/obconf/template b/srcpkgs/obconf/template
index 2a4b0fe3dae..e93d63381b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/obconf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/obconf/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=obconf
 version=2.0.4
 revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config tar"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libglade-devel libSM-devel imlib2-devel openbox-devel startup-notification-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils shared-mime-info"
 short_desc="A GTK2 based configuration tool for the Openbox windowmanager"