diff --git a/srcpkgs/tigervnc/template b/srcpkgs/tigervnc/template
index 8e61f097cb..61dbdf1603 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tigervnc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tigervnc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'tigervnc'
 pkgname=tigervnc
 version=1.8.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 _xorg_version=1.19.3
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="VNC client forked from TightVNC"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 hostmakedepends="automake xorg-util-macros font-util pkg-config libtool xtrans"
 makedepends="fltk-devel zlib-devel libXtst-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel pixman-devel
  xorgproto libxkbfile-devel libXfont2-devel gnutls-devel"
-depends="xauth xkeyboard-config"
+depends="perl xauth xkeyboard-config"
 conflicts="turbovnc>=0"
 homepage="http://www.tigervnc.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>tigervnc-${version}.tar.gz