diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-http-message/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-http-message/package.py
index b441b2593e..a0bcd57cd8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-http-message/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-http-message/package.py
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ class PerlHttpMessage(PerlPackage):
     depends_on("perl-try-tiny", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("perl-uri", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("perl-http-date", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("perl-clone", type=("build", "run"))