diff --git a/app-text/poppler/poppler-0.60.1.recipe b/app-text/poppler/poppler-0.60.1.recipe
index e21057962..0680afdfd 100644
--- a/app-text/poppler/poppler-0.60.1.recipe
+++ b/app-text/poppler/poppler-0.60.1.recipe
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:python2
 	"