diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index afd9e2f552..2a6aefc01a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ HOSTTOOLS += " \
     python3 pzstd ranlib readelf readlink realpath rm rmdir rpcgen sed seq sh \
     sha1sum sha224sum sha256sum sha384sum sha512sum \
     sleep sort split stat strings strip tail tar tee test touch tr true uname \
-    uniq wc wget which xargs zstd \
+    uniq wc wget which xargs xz zstd \
 "
 
 # Tools needed to run testimage runtime image testing