diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 1a0f830..255e7cd 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ BuildRequires: hostname
 BuildRequires: nghttp2
 
 # perl modules used in the test suite
+BuildRequires: perl(base)
 BuildRequires: perl(Cwd)
 BuildRequires: perl(Digest::MD5)
 BuildRequires: perl(Digest::SHA)