diff --git a/app-text/htmlrecode/htmlrecode-1.3.1-r2.ebuild b/app-text/htmlrecode/htmlrecode-1.3.1-r2.ebuild
index 36dd29809cdab..1f436003b80ac 100644
--- a/app-text/htmlrecode/htmlrecode-1.3.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/htmlrecode/htmlrecode-1.3.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
 
+BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl"
+
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-ar.patch" )
 
 src_prepare() {