diff --git a/dejavu-fonts.spec b/dejavu-fonts.spec
index aa30c81..d936f84 100644
--- a/dejavu-fonts.spec
+++ b/dejavu-fonts.spec
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 BuildRequires: fontforge
+BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires: perl(Font::TTF)
 BuildRequires: unicode-ucd