diff --git a/programming/language/R-lang/pspec.xml b/programming/language/R-lang/pspec.xml
index aeff314a6b..3702a20305 100644
--- a/programming/language/R-lang/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/R-lang/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Description>This package includes the core R userspace and all R development components.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="bf5d4d3d9f8dd6380a6a4e17c5732db94de301a0" type="targz">http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.3.1.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>tcl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libXmu-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>icu4c-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>jdk8-openjdk</Dependency>