diff --git a/srcpkgs/docker-gen/template b/srcpkgs/docker-gen/template
index 126c1803554..ab99b7cc953 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/docker-gen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/docker-gen/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=docker-gen
 version=0.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=go
-hostmakedepends="git"
+hostmakedepends="git-perl"
 short_desc="Generate files from docker container meta-data"
 go_import_path="github.com/jwilder/docker-gen"
 go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/docker-gen"