diff --git a/x11-toolkits/qt5-datavis3d/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/qt5-datavis3d/Makefile
index cd4ac491d3d5..f2aa821fb0dc 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/qt5-datavis3d/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/qt5-datavis3d/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 PORTNAME=	datavis3d
 PORTVERSION=	${QT5_VERSION}${QT5_KDE_PATCH}
 CATEGORIES=	x11-toolkits
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	qt5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Qt 5 3D data visualization module
 
+USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_QT=		core declarative network gui widgets designer buildtools:build
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang qmake qt-dist:5,datavis3d
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang perl5 qmake qt-dist:5,datavis3d
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>