diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template b/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template
index e1e65c6d61..f4174b26e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DGLSL_API=1 -DPACKAGE_MODE=1 -DREBUILD_SHADER=1 -DXDG_STD=1
  -DPLUGIN_DIR=/usr/lib32/pcsx2 -DGAMEINDEX_DIR=/usr/share/pcsx2"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config sparsehash"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config sparsehash perl"
 makedepends="alsa-lib-devel SDL-devel glu-devel glew-devel libaio-devel
  libcanberra-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel wxGTK-devel soundtouch-devel desktop-file-utils"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"