diff --git a/cfg/alix/SQUASHFS b/cfg/alix/SQUASHFS
index ec44bee..b5f0a6f 100644
--- a/cfg/alix/SQUASHFS
+++ b/cfg/alix/SQUASHFS
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ nano
 util-linux
 grep
 less
+xz
 gzip
 bzip2
+tar
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/SQUASHFS b/cfg/rpi3/SQUASHFS
index b682e9e..62c24de 100644
--- a/cfg/rpi3/SQUASHFS
+++ b/cfg/rpi3/SQUASHFS
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ util-linux
 kmod
 grep
 less
+xz
 gzip
 bzip2
+tar
diff --git a/pkg/tar/build b/pkg/tar/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..85c59c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tar/build
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+VERSION="1.30"
+SRCDIR="tar-${VERSION}"
+TARBALL="${SRCDIR}.tar.xz"
+URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/"
+SHA256SUM="f1bf92dbb1e1ab27911a861ea8dde8208ee774866c46c0bb6ead41f4d1f4d2d3"
+
+prepare() {
+	return
+}
+
+build() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+
+	$SOURCE/configure --prefix="" --host="$TARGET"
+
+	make -j $NUMJOBS
+}
+
+deploy() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+	local DEPLOY="$3"
+
+	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
+
+	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share/info"
+	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share/man"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tar/depends b/pkg/tar/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5751c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tar/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+xz
+gzip
+bzip2