diff --git a/srcpkgs/parrot/template b/srcpkgs/parrot/template
index 55472a9726c..ec36cbd2afd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parrot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parrot/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man"
 short_desc="Virtual machine designed for dynamic languages"
 maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
 homepage="http://www.parrot.org"
-hostmakedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="perl perl-Pod-Parser"
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
 license="Artistic"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.parrot.org/pub/parrot/releases/supported/${version}/parrot-${version}.tar.bz2"