diff --git a/package/perl-file-listing/perl-file-listing.mk b/package/perl-file-listing/perl-file-listing.mk
index a9d8cede72..c376c6199e 100644
--- a/package/perl-file-listing/perl-file-listing.mk
+++ b/package/perl-file-listing/perl-file-listing.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PERL_FILE_LISTING_VERSION = 6.04
 PERL_FILE_LISTING_SOURCE = File-Listing-$(PERL_FILE_LISTING_VERSION).tar.gz
 PERL_FILE_LISTING_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS
-PERL_FILE_LISTING_DEPENDENCIES = perl-http-date
+PERL_FILE_LISTING_DEPENDENCIES = perl perl-http-date
 PERL_FILE_LISTING_LICENSE = Artistic or GPLv1+
 PERL_FILE_LISTING_LICENSE_FILES = README