diff --git a/audio/pavucontrol-qt/Makefile b/audio/pavucontrol-qt/Makefile
index 285abad8afb8..42076ec50fe4 100644
--- a/audio/pavucontrol-qt/Makefile
+++ b/audio/pavucontrol-qt/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	pavucontrol-qt
 PORTVERSION= 	1.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 MASTER_SITES=	LXQT/${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jsm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PulseAudio mixer in Qt
 WWW=		https://github.com/lxqt/pavucontrol-qt/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
 
 USES=	cmake compiler:c++14-lang gettext-runtime localbase:ldflags qt:5 \
-	lxqt pkgconfig tar:xz gnome
+	lxqt perl5 pkgconfig tar:xz gnome
+USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_QT=	buildtools:build qmake:build core dbus gui linguisttools \
 	widgets
 USE_LXQT=	buildtools
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>