diff --git a/dpkg.spec b/dpkg.spec
index 0f426c7..8286df9 100644
--- a/dpkg.spec
+++ b/dpkg.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 # for /usr/bin/perl
 BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
-BuildRequires: perl-devel
+# Since dpkg 1.21.x
+# checking for perl >= 5.28.1... configure: error: cannot find perl >= 5.28.1
+# epel8 only have perl-5.26.3
+BuildRequires: perl-devel >= 5.28.1
 BuildRequires: perl-generators
 BuildRequires: perl-Time-Piece
 BuildRequires: perl(Digest)