diff --git a/libconfuse.spec b/libconfuse.spec
index 38e73b4..c93ddfa 100644
--- a/libconfuse.spec
+++ b/libconfuse.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source0:	https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/releases/download/v%{version}/con
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  check-devel, pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 libConfuse is a configuration file parser library, licensed under