diff --git a/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/Makefile b/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/Makefile
index 19b76f5100b0..8ae88e1b42f2 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/Makefile
@@ -1,48 +1,49 @@
 # Created by: Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	virt-viewer
 PORTVERSION=	10.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt
 MASTER_SITES=	https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	novel@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Provides a graphical viewer for a guest OS display
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 USES=		cpe desktop-file-utils gettext gettext-tools gmake gnome \
 		libtool meson pkgconfig python:3.6+,build shared-mime-info xorg tar:xz
 CPE_VENDOR=	redhat
 USE_GNOME=	gtk30 libxml2
 INSTALLS_ICONS=	yes
+USE_PERL5=	build # pod2man
 USE_XORG=	xorgproto
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python3=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SPICE VNC LIBVIRT VTE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SPICE VNC LIBVIRT VTE
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 SPICE_DESC=	SPICE support
 VNC_DESC=	VNC support
 VTE_DESC=	VTE support
 
 LIBVIRT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libvirt.so:devel/libvirt \
 			libvirt-glib-1.0.so:devel/libvirt-glib
 LIBVIRT_MESON_ENABLED=	libvirt
 
 SPICE_BUILD_DEPENDS=	spice-protocol>=0.12.7:devel/spice-protocol
 SPICE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libspice-client-glib-2.0.so:deskutils/spice-gtk
 SPICE_MESON_ENABLED=	spice
 
 VNC_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgtk-vnc-2.0.so:net/gtk-vnc
 VNC_MESON_ENABLED=	vnc
 
 VTE_MESON_ENABLED=	vte
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MVTE}
 USE_GNOME+=	vte3
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>