diff --git a/srcpkgs/go-jira/template b/srcpkgs/go-jira/template
index bd3969a96d5..cf5a27e64d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/go-jira/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/go-jira/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=go-jira
 version=0.1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=go
-hostmakedepends="git"
+hostmakedepends="git-perl"
 short_desc="Simple jira command line client in Go"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache"