diff --git a/fs/tar/tar.mk b/fs/tar/tar.mk
index e39c2fdbf1..68149e9eb7 100644
--- a/fs/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/fs/tar/tar.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 TAR_OPTS := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR_OPTIONS))
 
+ROOTFS_TAR_DEPENDENCIES = $(BR2_TAR_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+
 define ROOTFS_TAR_CMD
 	(cd $(TARGET_DIR); find -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -z | \
 		tar $(TAR_OPTS) -cf $@ --null --no-recursion -T - --numeric-owner)
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 0a404040b0..ae50c5f284 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ ifneq ($(1),host-skeleton)
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-skeleton
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(filter host-tar host-skeleton,$(1)),)
+$(2)_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES += $(BR2_TAR_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+endif
+
 # Eliminate duplicates in dependencies
 $(2)_FINAL_DEPENDENCIES = $$(sort $$($(2)_DEPENDENCIES))
 $(2)_FINAL_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES = $$(sort $$($(2)_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES))
diff --git a/package/tar/tar.mk b/package/tar/tar.mk
index a8a15d9518..92b6e9eaa5 100644
--- a/package/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/package/tar/tar.mk
@@ -47,4 +47,9 @@ endef
 
 HOST_TAR_CONF_OPTS = --without-selinux
 
+# we are built before ccache
+HOST_TAR_CONF_ENV = \
+	CC="$(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)" \
+	CXX="$(HOSTCXX_NOCCACHE)"
+
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.mk b/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.mk
index ad0b32e277..07d02fd1b1 100644
--- a/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.mk
+++ b/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TAR ?= tar
 
 ifeq (,$(call suitable-host-package,tar,$(TAR)))
-DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ += host-tar
 TAR = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/tar
+BR2_TAR_HOST_DEPENDENCY = host-tar
 endif