diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-armv7l-linux-gnueabihf/template b/srcpkgs/cross-armv7l-linux-gnueabihf/template
index bf3501233b7..7667ccb840d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-armv7l-linux-gnueabihf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-armv7l-linux-gnueabihf/template
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ nopie=yes
 nodebug=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
 
-hostmakedepends="flex python3"
+hostmakedepends="flex perl python3"
 makedepends="isl15-devel libmpc-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="${pkgname}-libc-${version}_${revision}"
 nostrip_files="libcaf_single.a libgcc.a libgcov.a libgcc_eh.a