diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-DBI/template b/srcpkgs/perl-DBI/template
index d771bd0dd1..26219bae58 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-DBI/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-DBI/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-DBI'.
 pkgname=perl-DBI
 version=1.628
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="DBI-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
-hostmakedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="perl>=5.18"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 short_desc="Database independent interface for Perl"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/DBI/DBI-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=46c834f4ba1b28c8d8a2db8095835a67fc69a9585761523aea3a74437a969b52
 
 perl-DBI_package() {
-	depends="perl"
+	depends="perl>=5.12"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove all
 	}