diff --git a/media-libs/libaom/libaom-3.4.0.ebuild b/media-libs/libaom/libaom-3.4.0.ebuild
index 07423e062dcae..73a96a1dba922 100644
--- a/media-libs/libaom/libaom-3.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libaom/libaom-3.4.0.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 "
 
 BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-lang/perl
 	abi_x86_32? ( dev-lang/yasm )
 	abi_x86_64? ( dev-lang/yasm )
 	abi_x86_x32? ( dev-lang/yasm )
diff --git a/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild
index f0852191a0d6b..e5f515ba1a836 100644
--- a/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 "
 
 BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-lang/perl
 	abi_x86_32? ( dev-lang/yasm )
 	abi_x86_64? ( dev-lang/yasm )
 	abi_x86_x32? ( dev-lang/yasm )