diff --git a/srcpkgs/qpdf/template b/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
index f717d60ea36..cf58e81e445 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'qpdf'
 pkgname=qpdf
-version=10.0.4
+version=10.1.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="qpdf-release-qpdf-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="gettext tar"
+hostmakedepends="perl gettext tar"
 makedepends="pcre-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel"
 short_desc="Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System"
 maintainer="Benjamín Albiñana <benalb@gmail.com>"
@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qpdf/qpdf/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/release-qpdf-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=40924c0894eb3b6d228a2b0135c77772a34aeb4cac5f0a518cd6cd7aa198640a
+checksum=e0516398ac1cdaa1ebce2b822ccdd8afbadea43b0b57304c147a17639a1402b0
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
 	LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
 fi
 
+do_check() {
+	# libtsdc++ throws an exception on musl if std::locale("") is used, since
+	# its generic locale implementation only supports the C locale.
+	# by forcing LANG=C, no exception is thrown and the test suite can run to completion
+	LANG=C make check
+}
+
 libqpdf_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - shared library"
 	pkg_install() {