diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index d46e8483fe3..c2dcd93074f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -60811,6 +60811,7 @@ Pwrite traits from the scroll crate.")
      `(#:cargo-inputs
        (("rust-ring" ,rust-ring-0.16)
         ("rust-untrusted" ,rust-untrusted-0.7))))
+    (native-inputs (list perl))
     (home-page "https://github.com/ctz/sct.rs")
     (synopsis "Certificate transparency SCT verification library")
     (description "Certificate transparency SCT verification library.")