diff --git a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.30-r2.ebuild b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.30-r2.ebuild
index 2a04b04c1241c..f5977aeef41a1 100644
--- a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.30-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.30-r2.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 BDEPEND="
 	app-arch/xz-utils
+	dev-lang/perl
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 	test? ( dev-libs/check )
diff --git a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.33.ebuild b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.33.ebuild
index 5da62cc3bfe01..4ade58255af43 100644
--- a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.33.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.33.ebuild
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 BDEPEND="
 	app-arch/xz-utils
+	dev-lang/perl
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 	test? ( dev-libs/check )