diff --git a/testing/cockroach/APKBUILD b/testing/cockroach/APKBUILD
index f50fdc624c1..622707da659 100644
--- a/testing/cockroach/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/cockroach/APKBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgdesc="The open source, cloud-native SQL database."
 url="https://cockroachlabs.com"
 arch="x86_64 aarch64"
 license="Apache-2.0"
-makedepends="go bash cmake autoconf linux-headers ncurses-dev"
+makedepends="go bash cmake autoconf linux-headers ncurses-dev coreutils"
 install="$pkgname.pre-install"
 pkgusers="cockroach"
 pkggroups="cockroach"