diff --git a/builder/package.alpine-320 b/builder/package.alpine-320
index 2e0b28e..d8dacf6 100644
--- a/builder/package.alpine-320
+++ b/builder/package.alpine-320
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ ${deflate_libs}
 # - libgomp1
 - icu-dev
 - jpeg-dev
-# - liblzma-dev
+# liblzma-dev is the Debian name and does not exist on Alpine; xz-dev is the
+# equivalent and pulls xz-libs, which owns liblzma.so.5. Without it libR.so
+# cannot relocate its lzma symbols and R fails to start at all.
+- xz-dev
 - openblas-dev
 - pango
 # - libpangocairo-1.0-0
diff --git a/builder/package.alpine-321 b/builder/package.alpine-321
index 2e0b28e..d8dacf6 100644
--- a/builder/package.alpine-321
+++ b/builder/package.alpine-321
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ ${deflate_libs}
 # - libgomp1
 - icu-dev
 - jpeg-dev
-# - liblzma-dev
+# liblzma-dev is the Debian name and does not exist on Alpine; xz-dev is the
+# equivalent and pulls xz-libs, which owns liblzma.so.5. Without it libR.so
+# cannot relocate its lzma symbols and R fails to start at all.
+- xz-dev
 - openblas-dev
 - pango
 # - libpangocairo-1.0-0
diff --git a/builder/package.alpine-322 b/builder/package.alpine-322
index 2e0b28e..d8dacf6 100644
--- a/builder/package.alpine-322
+++ b/builder/package.alpine-322
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ ${deflate_libs}
 # - libgomp1
 - icu-dev
 - jpeg-dev
-# - liblzma-dev
+# liblzma-dev is the Debian name and does not exist on Alpine; xz-dev is the
+# equivalent and pulls xz-libs, which owns liblzma.so.5. Without it libR.so
+# cannot relocate its lzma symbols and R fails to start at all.
+- xz-dev
 - openblas-dev
 - pango
 # - libpangocairo-1.0-0
diff --git a/builder/package.alpine-323 b/builder/package.alpine-323
index 2e0b28e..d8dacf6 100644
--- a/builder/package.alpine-323
+++ b/builder/package.alpine-323
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ ${deflate_libs}
 # - libgomp1
 - icu-dev
 - jpeg-dev
-# - liblzma-dev
+# liblzma-dev is the Debian name and does not exist on Alpine; xz-dev is the
+# equivalent and pulls xz-libs, which owns liblzma.so.5. Without it libR.so
+# cannot relocate its lzma symbols and R fails to start at all.
+- xz-dev
 - openblas-dev
 - pango
 # - libpangocairo-1.0-0
diff --git a/builder/package.alpine-324 b/builder/package.alpine-324
index 2e0b28e..d8dacf6 100644
--- a/builder/package.alpine-324
+++ b/builder/package.alpine-324
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ ${deflate_libs}
 # - libgomp1
 - icu-dev
 - jpeg-dev
-# - liblzma-dev
+# liblzma-dev is the Debian name and does not exist on Alpine; xz-dev is the
+# equivalent and pulls xz-libs, which owns liblzma.so.5. Without it libR.so
+# cannot relocate its lzma symbols and R fails to start at all.
+- xz-dev
 - openblas-dev
 - pango
 # - libpangocairo-1.0-0