diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-URI/template b/srcpkgs/perl-URI/template
index a11716a82a6..a7db1007e49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-URI/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-URI/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="URI-$version"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+checkdepends="perl-Test-Needs"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 noarch=yes
 short_desc="Perl Uniform Resource Identifiers class (URI, RFC 2396)"