diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl-sanity/perl_5.28.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl-sanity/perl_5.28.1.bb
index dc6689738d..71653feb53 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl-sanity/perl_5.28.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl-sanity/perl_5.28.1.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/perl-${PV}"
 
 inherit upstream-version-is-even
 
+DEPENDS += "db gdbm zlib virtual/crypt"
+
 do_unpack_append() {
     bb.build.exec_func('do_copy_perlcross', d)
 }