diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/template b/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/template
index 3d474397287..416e4f399ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/template
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
-depends="${makedepends} perl-Net-SSLeay perl-URI"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends} perl-Net-SSLeay perl-URI"
+checkdepends="perl-IO-Socket-INET6"
+depends="${makedepends}"
 noarch=yes
 short_desc="IO::Socket::SSL -- SSL sockets with IO::Socket interface"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"