diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index f0aa889..399d602 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="PREFIX= prefix=";
 HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PACKAGES="
 clzip_host cmake_host llvm_host clang_host libffi_host expat_host python2_host
 glib_host dbus_host dbus_glib_host gperf_host infounzip_host infozip_host
-intltool_host python3_host ruby_host tzdb_host";
+intltool_host xz_host python3_host ruby_host tzdb_host";
 HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_CLZIP_HOST_SHA256SUM:=e33506b4654b87ff1d5f02ce3db23363dd1a674c00625d799644f93628acac0f};
 : ${PKG_CLZIP_HOST_VERSION:=1.10};
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_SHA256SUM:=67c74d94196b153b774ab9f89b2fa6c6ba79352407037c8c14d5aeb334e959cd};
 : ${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_VERSION:=0.51.0};
 : ${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_URL:=https://launchpad.net/intltool/trunk/${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_VERSION}/+download/intltool-${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_XZ_HOST_SHA256SUM:=73df4d5d34f0468bd57d09f2d8af363e95ed6cc3a4a86129d2f2c366259902a2};
+: ${PKG_XZ_HOST_VERSION:=5.2.2};
+: ${PKG_XZ_HOST_URL:=https://github.com/xz-mirror/xz/releases/download/v${PKG_XZ_HOST_VERSION}/xz-${PKG_XZ_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_SHA256SUM:=ab6193af1921b30f587b302fe385268510e80187ca83ca82d2bfe7ab544c6f91};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION:=3.6.3};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_URL:="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION}.tgz"};