diff --git a/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build b/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build
index 129cff161c5856..b4ff2fc0b24c95 100644
--- a/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build
+++ b/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/FromCPAN/Mail',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
 )
diff --git a/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build b/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build
index 4e7ea909df3593..1f9ea6ce8e8442 100644
--- a/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build
+++ b/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/FromCPAN',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
 )
 
 subdir('Mail')
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build
index 7da5b37adb278b..89cde56be84912 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
 )
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build
index 9468c073aeb5ae..1ee915c650517d 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/LoadCPAN',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
 )
 
 subdir('Mail')
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build b/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build
index 515ab3dd926618..233ec670d7de91 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/SVN',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
 )
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build b/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build
index 8338531041d8e5..44abaf42b7cea3 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ foreach source : [
     command: generate_perl_command,
     install: true,
     install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/SVN',
+    depends: [git_version_file],
   )
 endforeach
 
diff --git a/perl/Git/meson.build b/perl/Git/meson.build
index 259209d7302809..b21fa5591e7e79 100644
--- a/perl/Git/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ foreach source : [
     command: generate_perl_command,
     install: true,
     install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git',
+    depends: [git_version_file],
   )
 endforeach
 
diff --git a/perl/meson.build b/perl/meson.build
index c22d6f8a1a3266..2d4ab1c4a986f7 100644
--- a/perl/meson.build
+++ b/perl/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
 )
 
 subdir('Git')