diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Net-DBus/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Net-DBus/template
index c086d9e09e..b8b865c7d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Net-DBus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Net-DBus/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends} dbus-devel"
+checkdepends="perl-XML-Twig"
 depends="perl perl-XML-Twig"
 short_desc="Extension for the DBus bindings"
 maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"