diff --git a/media-libs/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.1.recipe b/media-libs/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.1.recipe
index 57eef221b..902c4902b 100644
--- a/media-libs/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.1.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.1.recipe
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:automake
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gperf
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix