diff --git a/lua-posix.spec b/lua-posix.spec
index dcfae8f..46ea735 100644
--- a/lua-posix.spec
+++ b/lua-posix.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/archive/release-v%{version}
 BuildRequires:  lua-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:	lua-lunit
-BuildRequires:  perl
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 Requires:       lua(abi) = %{luaver}
 %else