diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index 5fbeef1f13f..9b6bbf6bd9c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=5.14.2
 revision=3
 wrksrc="qt-everywhere-src-${version}"
 build_style=meta
-hostmakedepends="cmake clang flex git glib-devel pkg-config
+hostmakedepends="cmake clang flex perl glib-devel pkg-config
  python re2c ruby which"
 makedepends="SDL2-devel Vulkan-Headers alsa-lib-devel double-conversion-devel
  eudev-libudev-devel ffmpeg-devel freetds-devel glib-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel