diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Module-Runtime/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Module-Runtime/template
index 801c4b17760..f32c37033a0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Module-Runtime/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Module-Runtime/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-ModuleBuild
 hostmakedepends="perl perl-Module-Build"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+checkdepends="perl-Test-Pod perl-Test-Pod-Coverage"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Perl - Runtime module handling"
 noarch=yes