diff --git a/srcpkgs/wget/template b/srcpkgs/wget/template
index 153cec1f269..3e46459685d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wget/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wget/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ configure_args="$(vopt_if ssl '--with-ssl=openssl') $(vopt_if gnutls '--with-ssl
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="$(vopt_if ssl libressl-devel) $(vopt_if gnutls gnutls-devel)
  libidn-devel libuuid-devel pcre-devel"
+checkdepends="perl-HTTP-Daemon perl-IO-Socket-SSL"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 conf_files="/etc/wgetrc"
 short_desc="The GNU wget download utility"