diff --git a/srcpkgs/autogen/template b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
index 7c8242aacbe..a5d3c36757c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autogen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=5.18.16
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-dependency-tracking --without-libregex"
-hostmakedepends="guile pkg-config perl"
+hostmakedepends="guile pkg-config perl tar which"
 makedepends="guile guile-devel libatomic_ops-devel libxml2-devel gc-devel"
 depends="guile perl"
 short_desc="Automated Program Generator"