--- a/components/perl_modules/gettext/gettext-PERLVER.p5m	Thu Sep 01 14:13:59 2016 -0700
+++ b/components/perl_modules/gettext/gettext-PERLVER.p5m	Thu Sep 01 14:24:02 2016 -0700
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@
 file path=usr/perl5/vendor_perl/$(PERLVER)/$(PERL_ARCH)/auto/Locale/gettext/.packlist
 file path=usr/perl5/vendor_perl/$(PERLVER)/$(PERL_ARCH)/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so
 license gettext.license license=Artistic
+# force a dependency on the Perl runtime
+depend type=require fmri=__TBD pkg.debug.depend.file=perl \
+    pkg.debug.depend.path=usr/perl5/$(PERLVER)/bin