diff --git a/srcpkgs/autogen/template b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
index 5c751e48a2..afd4bd131b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autogen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'autogen'.
 pkgname=autogen
 version=5.18.4
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config which"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
 makedepends="guile guile-devel>=2.0.9_3 libxml2-devel gc-devel"
-depends="guile"
+depends="guile perl"
 short_desc="The Automated Program Generator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL3"