diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5665773efc50d35639e6fafeceb1716ddb622a8b..1e855ff186d213eb5a37e1f1ff7cb48d78e04f49 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
+ ${perl:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends},
  connman,
  python3-dbus,
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ Description: Functional tests for GeoCule AppArmor profiles/abstractions
 Package: chaiwala-tests
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
+         ${perl:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          apertis-tests,