diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache/template b/srcpkgs/apache/template
index a5f3ae3cdd..02e46ed2c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache/template
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Add_dependency run libssl
 Add_dependency run apr
 Add_dependency run apr-util
 
+Add_dependency build perl ">=0"
 Add_dependency build zlib-devel
 Add_dependency build libuuid-devel
 Add_dependency build pcre-devel
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ pre_configure()
         # set default user
 	sed -e 's#User daemon#User httpd#' \
 	    -e 's#Group daemon#Group httpd#' \
-	    -i ${wrksrc}/docs/conf/httpd.conf.in || return 1
+	    -i ${wrksrc}/docs/conf/httpd.conf.in
 
 	cat ${FILESDIR}/xbps.layout >> ${wrksrc}/config.layout
 }
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ post_install()
 		-e 's|ServerRoot \"\"|ServerRoot \"/etc/httpd\"|' \
 		-e 's|#\(ServerName\).*|\1 127.0.0.1:80|' \
 		-e 's|\(LoadModule unique_id_module.*\)|#\1|' \
-		-i ${DESTDIR}/etc/httpd/httpd.conf || return 1
+		-i ${DESTDIR}/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
 
         # symlinks for /etc/httpd
 	ln -fs /var/log/httpd ${DESTDIR}/etc/httpd/logs
@@ -116,12 +117,9 @@ post_install()
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/srv/httpd/cgi-bin/printenv
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/srv/httpd/index.html
 
-	install -D -m644 ${FILESDIR}/apache.logrotate \
-		${DESTDIR}/etc/logrotate.d/apache || return 1
-	install -D -m755 ${FILESDIR}/apache.rc \
-		${DESTDIR}/etc/init.d/apache || return 1
-	install -D -m644 ${FILESDIR}/apache.confd \
-		${DESTDIR}/etc/conf.d/apache || return 1
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/apache.logrotate 644 etc/logrotate.d apache
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/apache.rc 755 etc/init.d apache
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/apache.confd 644 etc/conf.d apache
 
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/etc/httpd/original
 }