diff --git a/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm b/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm
index bceb465d5b..3db52e5008 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages pascal)
   #:use-module (gnu packages patchutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pdf)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@
             openssh
             openssl
             p7zip
+            perl
             pgpdump
             poppler
             python-jsbeautifier