diff --git a/srcpkgs/openmpi/template b/srcpkgs/openmpi/template
index 898c5b7b807..7a2c8ff2491 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openmpi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openmpi/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.8.4
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="libgomp-devel"
+hostmakedepends="perl libgomp-devel"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libgomp-devel"
 conf_files="
 	/etc/openmpi-default-hostfile