diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index e67ecb6521..1f540114aa 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ deps_pkg=(wget bash bc gcc sed patch patchutils tar bzip2 gzip perl gawk gperf z
 files=(/usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/ncurses.h)
 files_pkg=(libc6-dev libncurses5-dev)
 
-perl_mod=(JSON)
+perl_mod=(JSON XML::Parser)
 
 case "$DISTRO" in
     fedora|centos|rhel)
@@ -81,29 +81,29 @@ case "$DISTRO" in
       [[ ! `rpm -qa glibc-static` ]] && deps+=(glibc-static) && deps_pkg+=(glibc-static)
       [[ ! `rpm -qa libstdc++-static` ]] && deps+=(libstdc++-static) && deps_pkg+=(libstdc++-static)
       files_pkg=(glibc-headers ncurses-devel)
-      perl_pkg=(perl-JSON)
+      perl_pkg=(perl-JSON perl-XML-parser)
       ;;
     gentoo)
       deps+=(g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java python)
       deps_pkg+=("gcc[cxx]" mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf libxslt virtual/jre python)
       files_pkg=(glibc ncurses)
-      perl_pkg=(JSON)
+      perl_pkg=(JSON XML-Parser)
       ;;
     arch)
       deps+=(g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java python)
       deps_pkg+=(g++ xorg-mkfontscale xorg-mkfontdir xorg-bdftopcf libxslt "java-runtime-common jdk8-openjdk" python2)
-      perl_pkg=(perl-json)
+      perl_pkg=(perl-json perl-xml-parser)
       ;;
     opensuse)
       deps+=( g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java python)
       deps_pkg+=(gcc-c++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf libxslt-tools java-1_8_0-openjdk python)
       [[ ! `rpm -qa glibc-devel-static` ]] && deps+=(glibc-devel-static) && deps_pkg+=(glibc-devel-static)
-      perl_pkg=(perl-JSON)
+      perl_pkg=(perl-JSON perl-XML-Parser)
       ;;
     *)
       deps+=(g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java python)
       deps_pkg+=(g++ xfonts-utils xfonts-utils xfonts-utils xsltproc default-jre python)
-      perl_pkg=(libjson-perl)
+      perl_pkg=(libjson-perl libxml-parser-perl)
       ;;
 esac