1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt-package.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt-package.inc
index da91451d7f..922f739d0d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt-package.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt-package.inc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}/apt-cdrom ${bindir}/apt-get \
                ${libdir}/dpkg \
                ${systemd_unitdir}/system \
            "
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "perl"
 FILES_${PN}-utils = "${bindir}/apt-sortpkgs ${bindir}/apt-extracttemplates"
 FILES_${PN}-doc = "${@get_files_apt_doc(d, bb, d.getVar('apt-manpages'))} \
                    ${docdir}/apt"