diff --git a/testing/snowball/APKBUILD b/testing/snowball/APKBUILD
index 8808bbddcfc..e79c34593b9 100644
--- a/testing/snowball/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/snowball/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="BSD"
 depends=""
 depends_dev=""
-makedepends="$depends_dev"
+makedepends="$depends_dev perl"
 install=""
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev"
 disturl="dev.alpinelinux.org:/archive/$pkgname/"