diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 503e3a5c3a..abde3acf33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ set(GLIB2_FIND_OPTIONS REQUIRED)
 set(GLIB2_MIN_VERSION 2.32.0)
 set(GTHREAD2_OPTIONS REQUIRED)
 set(GCRYPT_OPTIONS "1.4.2" REQUIRED)
+set(Perl_OPTIONS REQUIRED)
 set(PythonInterp_FIND_VERSION 2)
 set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3)
 set(YACC_OPTIONS REQUIRED)