diff --git a/srcpkgs/polarssl/template b/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
index c973f0e1388..add8dc9f7ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.3.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT=on -DUSE_SHARED_POLARSSL_LIBRARY=on"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
+hostmakedepends="cmake perl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="Portable cryptographic and SSL/TLS library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"