diff --git a/srcpkgs/autoconf/template b/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
index 962ed971da..d73887c002 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template build file for 'autoconf'.
 pkgname=autoconf
 version=2.69
-revision=4
+revision=5
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="m4"
-depends="awk m4"
+depends="awk m4 perl"
 short_desc="Generates automatic source code configuration scripts"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, GPL-3"