diff --git a/srcpkgs/parallel/template b/srcpkgs/parallel/template
index 1c50b70bf88..91e0a552d2a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parallel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parallel/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=parallel
 version=20220622
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel"