diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c4f216ed6..765c2b02c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     COMMON_FLAGS: 'DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 TARGET=ARMV8 NUM_THREADS=32'
   commands:
-    - yum -y install make gcc
+    - yum -y install make gcc perl
     - make QUIET_MAKE=1 $COMMON_FLAGS
     - make -C test $COMMON_FLAGS
     - make -C ctest $COMMON_FLAGS