diff --git a/perl-String-ToIdentifier-EN.spec b/perl-String-ToIdentifier-EN.spec
index f7ecc5d..19279fb 100644
--- a/perl-String-ToIdentifier-EN.spec
+++ b/perl-String-ToIdentifier-EN.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-String-ToIdentifier-EN
 Version:        0.07
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Convert Strings to English Program Identifiers
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ be easily inferred by a human just by reading the identifier.
 %setup -q -n String-ToIdentifier-EN-%{version}
 
 %build
-%{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+%{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor --skipdeps
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 17 2013 Iain Arnell <iarnell@gmail.com> 0.07-5
+- pass skipdeps to Makefile.PL
+
 * Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.07-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild