diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index a3833392ee..15665c6ddf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ jobs:
               libevent \
               libgcrypt \
               meson \
+              perl5 \
               pkgconf \
               py39-gdbm \
               py39-sqlite3 \