diff --git a/sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.recipe b/sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.recipe
index 8beef6600..534522e32 100644
--- a/sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.recipe
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:m4
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:makeinfo
-	cmd:perl
+	cmd:perl >= 5
 	cmd:sed
 	"