diff --git a/opendnssec.spec b/opendnssec.spec
index 57e32da..9671965 100644
--- a/opendnssec.spec
+++ b/opendnssec.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BuildRequires: ldns-devel >= 1.6.12, sqlite-devel , openssl-devel
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel CUnit-devel, doxygen
 # It tests for pkill/killall and would use /bin/false if not found
 BuildRequires: procps-ng
-BuildRequires: perl
+BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 
 BuildRequires: systemd-units
 # needed only for Patch0, remove this in the future