diff --git a/packaging/centos8/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos8/cloud.spec
index daed84fd98d..a851a61067d 100644
--- a/packaging/centos8/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos8/cloud.spec
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Requires: bash
 Requires: gawk
 Requires: which
 Requires: file
+Requires: tar
 Requires: bzip2
 Requires: gzip
 Requires: unzip