diff --git a/meta/classes/gzipnative.bbclass b/meta/classes/gzipnative.bbclass
index 007e32c690..326cbbb6f6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gzipnative.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gzipnative.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 EXTRANATIVEPATH += "pigz-native gzip-native"
 DEPENDS += "gzip-native"
 
+# tar may get run by do_unpack or do_populate_lic which could call gzip
+do_unpack[depends] += "gzip-native:do_populate_sysroot"