diff --git a/srcpkgs/nqp/template b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
index 3fad5b527b9..fea2461cd45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nqp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nqp/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --backends=moar"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="MoarVM"
 depends="MoarVM>=${version}"
 short_desc="Not Quite Perl, a lightweight Perl 6-like environment for VMs"