diff --git a/comps-f18.xml.in b/comps-f18.xml.in
index 038c35b8..3ae03f24 100644
--- a/comps-f18.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f18.xml.in
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@
       <packagereq>sudo</packagereq>
       <packagereq>symlinks</packagereq>
       <packagereq>talk</packagereq>
+      <packagereq>tar</packagereq>
       <packagereq>tcpdump</packagereq>
       <packagereq>tcp_wrappers</packagereq>
       <packagereq>telnet</packagereq>
diff --git a/comps-f19.xml.in b/comps-f19.xml.in
index 7de5dcbb..262a8c56 100644
--- a/comps-f19.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f19.xml.in
@@ -1245,6 +1245,7 @@
       <packagereq>sudo</packagereq>
       <packagereq>symlinks</packagereq>
       <packagereq>talk</packagereq>
+      <packagereq>tar</packagereq>
       <packagereq>tcpdump</packagereq>
       <packagereq>tcp_wrappers</packagereq>
       <packagereq>telnet</packagereq>