diff --git a/recipes-kde/apps/khelpcenter/khelpcenter.bb b/recipes-kde/apps/khelpcenter/khelpcenter.bb
index db409251..edac0d7e 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/apps/khelpcenter/khelpcenter.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/apps/khelpcenter/khelpcenter.bb
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ FILES_${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/kde4 \
     ${libdir}/libkdeinit5_khelpcenter.so \
 "
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "perl"