diff --git a/internal/rosa/all.go b/internal/rosa/all.go
index f6ae034..aabc8a2 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/all.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/all.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const (
 	Setuptools
 	SquashfsTools
 	TamaGo
+	Tar
 	Texinfo
 	Toybox
 	toyboxEarly
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ func ResolveName(name string) (p PArtifact, ok bool) {
 		"setuptools":        Setuptools,
 		"squashfs-tools":    SquashfsTools,
 		"tamago":            TamaGo,
+		"tar":               Tar,
 		"texinfo":           Texinfo,
 		"toybox":            Toybox,
 		"unzip":             Unzip,
diff --git a/internal/rosa/gnu.go b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
index 358d954..9e6951e 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/gnu.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
@@ -419,6 +419,38 @@ func (t Toolchain) newLibiconv() pkg.Artifact {
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Libiconv] = Toolchain.newLibiconv }
 
+func (t Toolchain) newTar() pkg.Artifact {
+	const (
+		version  = "1.35"
+		checksum = "zSaoSlVUDW0dSfm4sbL4FrXLFR8U40Fh3zY5DWhR5NCIJ6GjU6Kc4VZo2-ZqpBRA"
+	)
+	return t.NewViaMake("tar", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Env: []string{
+			// very expensive
+			"TARTEST_SKIP_LARGE_FILES=1",
+		},
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"disable-acl"},
+			{"without-posix-acls"},
+			{"without-xattrs"},
+		},
+		Make: []string{
+			`TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"`,
+		},
+	},
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+
+		t.Load(Gzip),
+		t.Load(Bzip2),
+		t.Load(Zstd),
+	)
+}
+func init() { artifactsF[Tar] = Toolchain.newTar }
+
 func (t Toolchain) newBinutils() pkg.Artifact {
 	const (
 		version  = "2.45"