diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index aef2c6655..4c0d625ab 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ define Package/perl
   CATEGORY:=Languages
   TITLE:=The Perl intepreter
   URL:=http://www.perl.com/
-  DEPENDS:=+USE_GLIBC:libbsd +PERL_THREADS:libpthread
+  DEPENDS:=+USE_GLIBC:libbsd +PERL_THREADS:libpthread @!arc
 endef
 
 define Package/perl/description