diff --git a/templates/klibc/devel.template b/templates/klibc/devel.template
index 935f6320280..8ed466031f2 100644
--- a/templates/klibc/devel.template
+++ b/templates/klibc/devel.template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
 Add_dependency run klibc
+Add_dependency run perl
 
 do_install()
 {