diff --git a/print/pslib/Makefile b/print/pslib/Makefile
index c6765f906352..2010660ad31b 100644
--- a/print/pslib/Makefile
+++ b/print/pslib/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A C-library for generating multi page PostScript documents
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${SITE_PERL}/${PERL_ARCH}/XML/Parser.pm:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-XML-Parser
 LIB_DEPENDS=	png.5:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png
 
+USE_PERL5_BUILD=	yes
 USE_GETTEXT=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gnomehack
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes