diff --git a/package/tar/tar.mk b/package/tar/tar.mk
index dc17647b2c..d57d63970d 100644
--- a/package/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/package/tar/tar.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ TAR_CONF_OPTS = --exec-prefix=/
 TAR_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 TAR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 TAR_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
+TAR_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+TAR_CONF_ENV = LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 # 0002-Fix-boundary-checking-in-base-256-decoder.patch
 TAR_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2022-48303