diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index d5dce3022..5144a6614 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2008 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -183,4 +183,8 @@ $(eval $(Build/perl))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,microperl))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,perl))
 
+$(eval $(call RequireCommand,rsync, \
+	$(PKG_NAME) requires rsync installed on the host-system. \
+))
+
 -include perlbase.mk