diff --git a/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template b/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template
index d2878607413..fb3178621b8 100644
--- a/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template
+++ b/templates/xbps-base-chroot/template
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Add_dependency full make
 Add_dependency full diffutils
 Add_dependency full file
 Add_dependency full proplib
+Add_dependency full wget
 Add_dependency run zlib-devel
 Add_dependency run bzip2-devel
 Add_dependency run lzma-utils-devel