diff --git a/recipes-kde/plasma/untier/kwin/kwin.bb b/recipes-kde/plasma/untier/kwin/kwin.bb
index 2dd7af88..73cdcd26 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/plasma/untier/kwin/kwin.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/plasma/untier/kwin/kwin.bb
@@ -89,4 +89,5 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "wayland", "qtwayland", "",d)} \
     qtmultimedia \
     qtvirtualkeyboard-qmlplugins \
+    perl \
 "