diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
index 108784b7954..91fe9d2aba6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+checkdepends="perl-Test-YAML"
 depends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="YAML - YAML Ain't Markup Language"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"