diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpv/template b/srcpkgs/mpv/template
index b36ade8214..ac164fc45b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpv/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://mpv.io"
 build_style=waf
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python python-docutils"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python python-docutils perl"
 makedepends="
  ffmpeg-devel>=2.1 libass-devel lcms2-devel libXinerama-devel libquvi-devel
  mpg123-devel libXv-devel libxkbcommon-devel libva-devel libvdpau-devel alsa-lib-devel