diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index 412362c7f85..578e288e8df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ if [ -n "$BOOTSTRAP_PKG_REBUILD" ]; then
 	Add_dependency build texinfo
 	Add_dependency build gawk
 	Add_dependency build sed
+	Add_dependency build perl ">=0"
 fi
 
 do_build()