diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2fa0966c7c..f80cf4071f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ STRIP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)strip
 OBJCOPY		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
 OBJDUMP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
 AWK		= awk
+PERL		= perl
 DTC		= dtc
 CHECK		= sparse
 
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL UBOOTRELEASE UBOOTVERSION
 export ARCH CPU BOARD VENDOR SOC CPUDIR BOARDDIR
 export CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS HOSTLDFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
 export CPP AR NM LDR STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP
-export MAKE AWK
+export MAKE AWK PERL
 export DTC CHECK CHECKFLAGS
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS UBOOTINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS