diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 8838881..e1c84e7 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 19 08:52:02 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add tar to the rpm build essentials
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 18 15:52:25 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index db321d8..9d02462 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Requires:       gzip
 Requires:       make
 Requires:       patch
 Requires:       perl-base
+Requires:       tar
 Requires:       xz
 
 %description build