diff --git a/srcpkgs/diffutils/template b/srcpkgs/diffutils/template
index 80bb2cbb26d..d07aac1ad2e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/diffutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/diffutils/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber=no gl_cv_func_tzset_clobber=no"
+checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="The GNU diff utilities"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"