diff --git a/textproc/qt5-xmlpatterns/Makefile b/textproc/qt5-xmlpatterns/Makefile
index deff21e0c5ff..3e7fe12b77c1 100644
--- a/textproc/qt5-xmlpatterns/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/qt5-xmlpatterns/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 PORTNAME=	xmlpatterns
 PORTVERSION=	${QT5_VERSION}${QT5_KDE_PATCH}
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	qt5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Qt support for XPath, XQuery, XSLT and XML Schema
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang qmake:norecursive qt-dist:5,xmlpatterns
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang perl5 qmake:norecursive qt-dist:5,xmlpatterns
+USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_QT=		core declarative network buildtools:build
 
 QT_BINARIES=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>