--- /usr/portage/dev-util/git/git-1.5.4.4.ebuild	2008-03-20 21:05:57.000000000 +0100
+++ dev-util/git/git-1.5.4.4.ebuild	2008-03-21 09:29:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 	!app-misc/git
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	sys-libs/zlib
-	dev-lang/perl
-	dev-perl/Error
+	perl? ( dev-lang/perl )
+	perl? ( dev-perl/Error )
 	app-arch/cpio
 	tk?     ( dev-lang/tk )
 	curl?   ( net-misc/curl )