diff --git a/srcpkgs/gotty/template b/srcpkgs/gotty/template
index dc171aa96de..15510637142 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gotty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gotty/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.0.12
 revision=2
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/yudai/gotty"
-hostmakedepends="git"
+hostmakedepends="git-perl"
 short_desc="Share your terminal as a web application"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="MIT"