diff --git a/media-gfx/gifsicle/gifsicle-1.88.recipe b/media-gfx/gifsicle/gifsicle-1.88.recipe
index e06d7336f..5ee2dfbad 100644
--- a/media-gfx/gifsicle/gifsicle-1.88.recipe
+++ b/media-gfx/gifsicle/gifsicle-1.88.recipe
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku_devel
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:awk
 	cmd:gcc
 	cmd:make
-	cmd:awk
+	cmd:perl
 	"
 
+PATCH()
+{
+	sed -i -e '1 s|/usr\(/bin/perl\)|\1|' test/testie
+}
+
 BUILD()
 {
 	runConfigure ./configure