diff --git a/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk b/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk
index d3a338b0b7..af35e930c3 100644
--- a/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk
+++ b/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 CPANMINUS_VERSION = 1.5018
 CPANMINUS_SOURCE = miyagawa-cpanminus-$(CPANMINUS_VERSION)-0-gee6cd30.tar.gz
 CPANMINUS_SITE = https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/tarball/$(CPANMINUS_VERSION)
-CPANMINUS_DEPENDENCIES = perl $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_CPANMINUS_NATIVE_DEPENDENCIES))
+CPANMINUS_DEPENDENCIES = host-qemu perl $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_CPANMINUS_NATIVE_DEPENDENCIES))
 
 CPANMINUS_RUN_PERL = $(QEMU_USER) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/perl
 CPANMINUS_ARCHNAME = $(shell $(CPANMINUS_RUN_PERL) -MConfig -e "print Config->{archname}")