diff --git a/net/p5-RPC-XML/Makefile b/net/p5-RPC-XML/Makefile
index 608143e7552e..ae3ecc88fb1a 100644
--- a/net/p5-RPC-XML/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-RPC-XML/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	RPC-XML
 PORTVERSION=	0.82
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net www perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	XML-RPC client and server library for Perl
 WWW=		https://metacpan.org/release/RPC-XML
 
 LICENSE=	ART20 LGPL21
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-HTTP-Daemon>=6.12:www/p5-HTTP-Daemon \
 		p5-HTTP-Message>=6.26:www/p5-HTTP-Message \
 		p5-Scalar-List-Utils>=1.55,1:lang/p5-Scalar-List-Utils \
 		p5-XML-Parser>=2.46:textproc/p5-XML-Parser \
 		p5-libwww>=6.51:www/p5-libwww
 TEST_DEPENDS=	p5-Test-Simple>=1.302183:devel/p5-Test-Simple
 
 USES=		gmake perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	XS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	RECOMMENDED XS
+RECOMMENDED_DESC=	Recommended dependencies by upstream
 
+RECOMMENDED_BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-DateTime-Format-ISO8601>=0.15:devel/p5-DateTime-Format-ISO8601 \
+			p5-DateTime>=1.54:devel/p5-DateTime
+RECOMMENDED_RUN_DEPENDS=p5-DateTime-Format-ISO8601>=0.15:devel/p5-DateTime-Format-ISO8601 \
+			p5-DateTime>=1.54:devel/p5-DateTime
 XS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-XML-LibXML>=2.0206,1:textproc/p5-XML-LibXML
 XS_RUN_DEPENDS=		${XS_BUILD_DEPENDS}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>