diff --git a/qt5-qtenginio.spec b/qt5-qtenginio.spec
index dcf8969..188f042 100644
--- a/qt5-qtenginio.spec
+++ b/qt5-qtenginio.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ License: LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions
 Url:     http://www.qt.io
 Source0: http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.6/5.6.2%{?prerelease:-%{prerelease}}/submodules/%{qt_module}-opensource-src-%{version}%{?prerelease:-%{prerelease}}.tar.xz
 
+# f25 build FTBFS without perl, qt5-qtbase's findclasslist.pl missing dep?
+# add workaround here for now -- rex
+BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtbase-devel >= 5.6
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtdeclarative-devel