diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3/template b/srcpkgs/i3/template
index 12d60a1e66..cfdd54a3cc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'i3'
 pkgname=i3
 version=4.8
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="which pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
 makedepends="pcre-devel>=8.30 yajl-devel libxcb-devel libev-devel
  pango-devel startup-notification-devel>=0.12_3 xcb-util-devel>=0.3.9
  xcb-util-keysyms-devel>=0.3.9 xcb-util-wm-devel>=0.3.9 xcb-util-cursor-devel"