diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Algorithm-Diff/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Algorithm-Diff/template
index 395ac140f3b..795e3d0a9d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Algorithm-Diff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Algorithm-Diff/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-$version"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc='Algorithm::Diff - Compute differences between two files / lists'
 maintainer="Enguerrand de Rochefort <voidlinux@rochefort.de>"