diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8fbce121abbf3dd8cd6c1b2ab1036dd64437a2f3..fa510e874b625a7bb34f87340571514cc7875546 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" \
     EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs=4 --quiet" \
     FEATURES="-sandbox -usersandbox -ipc-sandbox -mount-sandbox -network-sandbox -pid-sandbox" \
     MAKEOPTS="-j4" \
-    USE=""
+    USE="-perl"
 
 RUN emerge dev-vcs/git app-portage/repoman dev-util/pkgcheck \
  && emerge --info \