diff --git a/srcpkgs/rasqal/template b/srcpkgs/rasqal/template
index 5f0e8b01604..7f2b5c5475c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rasqal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rasqal/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-release"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="mpfr-devel raptor-devel"
+checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="RDF Query Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"