diff --git a/srcpkgs/ack/template b/srcpkgs/ack/template
index 295e119e466..a5b0eb10274 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ack/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="$pkgname-v$version"
 build_style=perl-module
-hostmakedepends="perl-File-Next"
+hostmakedepends="perl perl-File-Next"
 makedepends="$hostmakedepends"
 depends="$makedepends"
 short_desc="Tool like grep, optimized for programmers"