diff --git a/main/perl-datetime/APKBUILD b/main/perl-datetime/APKBUILD
index d6602984cdd..bc5f9142d68 100644
--- a/main/perl-datetime/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl-datetime/APKBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="GPL PerlArtistic"
 cpandepends=""
 cpanmakedepends=""
-depends="$cpandepends"
+depends="$cpandepends perl perl-datetime-locale perl-datetime-timezone"
 makedepends="perl-dev $cpanmakedepends perl-module-build perl-test-fatal
 	perl-test-warnings"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"