diff --git a/japanese/p5-Unicode-Japanese/Makefile b/japanese/p5-Unicode-Japanese/Makefile
index 6625ed29daa5..adae6ea521b8 100644
--- a/japanese/p5-Unicode-Japanese/Makefile
+++ b/japanese/p5-Unicode-Japanese/Makefile
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@ MAN3=		Unicode::Japanese.3 Unicode::Japanese::JA.3
 
 PKGNAMEPREFIX:=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}p5-
 
+.if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500800
+IGNORE=		needs perl 5.8.0 or higher, install lang/perl5.8 and try again
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>