diff --git a/recipes-core/images/nmrouter-image-minimal.bb b/recipes-core/images/nmrouter-image-minimal.bb
index d48e637..45ffa4c 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/nmrouter-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/images/nmrouter-image-minimal.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL = " \
     modemmanager \
     board-descriptor \
     curl \
+    tar \
     "
 
 LICENSE = "BSD"