diff --git a/x11-fm/pcmanfm-qt/Makefile b/x11-fm/pcmanfm-qt/Makefile
index 62f9fe99f081..bd1222370861 100644
--- a/x11-fm/pcmanfm-qt/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fm/pcmanfm-qt/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	pcmanfm-qt
 PORTVERSION=	1.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fm
 MASTER_SITES=	LXQT
 
 MAINTAINER=	jsm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	LXQt file manager
 WWW=		https://github.com/lxde/pcmanfm-qt
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmenu-cache.so:x11/menu-cache \
 		libfm-qt.so:x11/libfm-qt \
 		libexif.so:graphics/libexif
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang desktop-file-utils gnome\
-		gettext-runtime localbase:ldflags lxqt pkgconfig kde:5 qt:5 \
+		gettext-runtime localbase:ldflags lxqt perl5 pkgconfig kde:5 qt:5 \
 		tar:xz xorg
+USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_QT=		buildtools:build qmake:build core dbus gui linguisttools \
 		widgets x11extras
 USE_KDE=	oxygen-icons5
 USE_LXQT=	buildtools libfmqt
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_XORG=	xcb
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>