diff --git a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
index 0c3daea7a3c..d245b3e98d3 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ const LLVM_TOOLS: &[&str] = &[
     "llvm-readobj", // used to get information from ELFs/objects that the other tools don't provide
     "llvm-size", // used to prints the size of the linker sections of a program
     "llvm-strip", // used to discard symbols from binary files to reduce their size
+    "llvm-ar" // used for creating and modifying archive files
 ];
 
 /// A structure representing a Rust compiler.