diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 123fecea52..25747526f8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ (define-public httpd
     (inputs `(("apr" ,apr)
               ("apr-util" ,apr-util)
               ("openssl" ,openssl)
-              ("pcre" ,pcre)))
+              ("pcre" ,pcre)
+              ("perl" ,perl))) ; needed to run bin/apxs
     (arguments
      `(#:test-target "test"
        #:configure-flags (list "--enable-rewrite"