diff --git a/lang/perl-mail-spamassassin/Makefile b/lang/perl-mail-spamassassin/Makefile
index 979c65c96..775ffadc8 100644
--- a/lang/perl-mail-spamassassin/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl-mail-spamassassin/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=perl-mail-spamassassin
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_VERSION:=3.4.4
 PKG_HASH:=8ea27a165b81e3ce8c84ae85c3ecba1f2edfa04ef4a86f07fe28ab612fc8ff60
 
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ define Package/spamassassin
   CATEGORY:=Mail
   TITLE:=SpamAssassin
   URL:=https://spamassassin.apache.org/
-  DEPENDS:=+perl +perlbase-autoloader +perlbase-config +perlbase-data +perlbase-digest \
-           +perlbase-encode +perlbase-essential +perlbase-file +perlbase-getopt \
-           +perlbase-hash +perlbase-mime +perlbase-net +perlbase-socket \
-           +perl-dbi +perl-html-parser +perl-net-dns +perl-netaddr-ip
+  DEPENDS:=perl +perlbase-autoloader +perlbase-config +perlbase-data +perlbase-digest \
+          +perlbase-encode +perlbase-essential +perlbase-file +perlbase-getopt \
+          +perlbase-hash +perlbase-mime +perlbase-net +perlbase-socket \
+          +perl-dbi +perl-html-parser +perl-net-dns +perl-netaddr-ip
   VARIANT:=ssl
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/perl-net-dns/Makefile b/lang/perl-net-dns/Makefile
index ffe732a87..46a92c73d 100644
--- a/lang/perl-net-dns/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl-net-dns/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/perl/$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=perl/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk