diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsync/template b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
index 2349bbf51ca..b0d96b02da4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ long_desc="
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run acl
 Add_dependency run popt
+Add_dependency build perl ">=0"
 Add_dependency build acl-devel
 Add_dependency build popt-devel