diff --git a/lynx.spec b/lynx.spec
index 3424972..fc1e757 100644
--- a/lynx.spec
+++ b/lynx.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires: telnet
 BuildRequires: unzip
 BuildRequires: zip
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
+BuildRequires: perl
 
 # provides /usr/share/doc/HTML/en-US/index.html used as STARTFILE on RHEL
 %if 0%{?rhel}