diff --git a/spack.changes b/spack.changes
index 4760b08..0e4777d 100644
--- a/spack.changes
+++ b/spack.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  6 14:28:20 UTC 2021 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
+
+- added tar and make as requirement 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul  7 16:09:21 UTC 2021 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/spack.spec b/spack.spec
index c8d4fd4..f905cdb 100644
--- a/spack.spec
+++ b/spack.spec
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ Requires:       gcc-fortran
 Requires:       gpg2
 Requires:       libbz2-devel
 Requires:       lua-lmod
+Requires:       make
 Requires:       patch
 Requires:       polkit
 Requires:       sudo
+Requires:       tar
 Requires:       xz
 Recommends:     %spack_trigger_recommended
 Recommends:     spack-recipes = %version