diff --git a/srcpkgs/fzf/template b/srcpkgs/fzf/template
index 6a86d83f335..3bf507de0fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fzf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fzf/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/junegunn/fzf/src"
 go_package="github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/fzf"
 maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
-hostmakedepends=git
+hostmakedepends=git-perl
 makedepends=ncurses-devel
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf"