diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
index 7436c334..25dbc7ba 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ License: Apache2
 URL: http://hpc.lenovo.com/
 Source0: confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz
 BuildArch: noarch
-Requires: confluent_ipxe mtools
+Requires: confluent_ipxe mtools tar
 BuildRoot: /tmp
 
 %description