diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/template b/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/template
index 8d3fbd44ab9..2b06b27ee92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/template
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
-depends="${makedepends} perl-Socket6"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends} perl-Socket6"
+checkdepends="perl-Test-Pod perl-Test-Pod-Coverage"
+depends="${makedepends}"
 noarch=yes
 short_desc="IO::Socket::INET6 - Object interface for AF_INET/AF_INET6 domain sockets"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"