diff --git a/srcpkgs/relaysrv/template b/srcpkgs/relaysrv/template
index f25f03ee460..322400a511e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/relaysrv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/relaysrv/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.12.18
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/syncthing/relaysrv"
-hostmakedepends="git"
+hostmakedepends="git-perl"
 short_desc="Relay server for syncthing"
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 license="MIT"