diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-wxWidgets/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-wxWidgets/template
index 9a27996abef..bdbc537d80b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-wxWidgets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-wxWidgets/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.69
 revision=3
 wrksrc="Alien-wxWidgets-${version}"
 build_style=perl-ModuleBuild
-hostmakedepends="perl perl-Module-Build perl-Module-Pluggable perl-LWP-Protocol-https"
+hostmakedepends="perl perl-Module-Build perl-Module-Pluggable perl-LWP-Protocol-https perl-Net-SSLeay"
 makedepends="perl-Alien wxWidgets-devel"
 depends="perl perl-Module-Pluggable perl-Alien wxWidgets perl-LWP-Protocol-https"
 short_desc="Alien::wxWidgets - building, finding and using wxWidgets binaries"