diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3/template b/srcpkgs/i3/template
index dd529f6a25..b3c4619d63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ homepage="http://i3wm.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
 depends="i3status"
-makedepends="which pkg-config pcre-devel>=8.30 yajl-devel libxcb-devel libev-devel
+makedepends="which perl pkg-config pcre-devel>=8.30 yajl-devel libxcb-devel libev-devel
 flex asciidoc xmlto docbook-xml libXcursor-devel libX11-devel startup-notification-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/i3/config"
 short_desc="Improved tiling window manager."