diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Test-Exception/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Test-Exception/template
index 725a188580f..0ee8b44646c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Test-Exception/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Test-Exception/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl perl-Sub-Uplevel"
+makedepends="perl"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 noarch=yes
 short_desc='Test::Exception - Provides modules for testing exception based code.'