diff --git a/srcpkgs/gogs/template b/srcpkgs/gogs/template
index 3b83068927a..8f69423d877 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gogs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gogs/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ homepage="http://gogs.io"
 depends="git"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gogits/gogs/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=64984f608a5c16cb7f6bb0f3a84798f871bbc0d1311d067702f215f99f5df449
-hostmakedepends="git curl"
+hostmakedepends="git-perl curl"
 
 conf_files="/etc/gogs.ini"
 system_accounts="gogs"