diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
index 3dd8193f7f..fe4732d1db 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
@@ -69,6 +69,25 @@ RPROVIDES_update-alternatives-dpkg += "update-alternatives"
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-perl"
 FILES_${PN}-perl = "${libdir}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
 
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-perl += "perl-module-carp perl-module-constant \
+                        perl-module-cwd perl-module-digest \
+                        perl-module-digest-md5 perl-module-errno \
+                        perl-module-exporter perl-module-fcntl \
+                        perl-module-feature perl-module-file-basename \
+                        perl-module-file-compare perl-module-file-copy \
+                        perl-module-file-find perl-module-file-path \
+                        perl-module-file-spec perl-module-file-temp \
+                        perl-module-list-util perl-module-overload \
+                        perl-module-parent perl-module-storable \
+                        perl-module-filehandle perl-module-io \
+                        perl-module-io-handle perl-module-io-seekable \
+                        perl-module-posix perl-module-scalar-util \
+                        perl-module-selectsaver perl-module-symbol \
+                        perl-module-term-ansicolor perl-module-tie-handle \
+                        perl-module-tie-hash perl-module-storable \
+                        perl-module-time-hires perl-module-time-piece \
+                        perl-module-xsloader"
+
 # Split out start-stop-daemon to its own package.  Note that it
 # is installed in a different directory than the one used for
 # the bitbake version.