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diff --git a/package/tar/tar.mk b/package/tar/tar.mk
index edbd9bdc7..9e856b53f 100644
--- a/package/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/package/tar/tar.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ TAR_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/tar
# Prefer full-blown tar over buybox's version
ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
TAR_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
+HOST_TAR_DEPENDENCIES =
endif
$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))
+
+# host-tar: use cpio.gz instead of tar.gz to prevent chicken-egg problem
+# of needing tar to build tar.
+HOST_TAR_SOURCE = tar-$(TAR_VERSION).cpio.gz
+define HOST_TAR_EXTRACT_CMDS
+ mkdir -p $(@D)
+ cd $(@D) && \
+ $(INFLATE.gz) $(DL_DIR)/$(HOST_TAR_SOURCE) | cpio -i
+ mv $(@D)/tar-$(TAR_VERSION)/* $(@D)
+ rmdir $(@D)/tar-$(TAR_VERSION)
+endef
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,host))