diff --git a/srcpkgs/camlp5/template b/srcpkgs/camlp5/template
index c5271e13ba8..3b6b18ce5e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/camlp5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/camlp5/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="camlp5-rel${version//./}"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="-mandir /usr/share/man"
-hostmakedepends="ocaml"
+hostmakedepends="ocaml perl"
 short_desc="OCaml preprocessor and pretty-printer"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"