diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index 70e951a7e6..1224220ac9 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ if grep -q -E '^BR2_PACKAGE_(WEBKITGTK|WPEWEBKIT)=y' $BR2_CONFIG ; then
     required_perl_modules="${required_perl_modules} JSON::PP"
 fi
 
+if grep -q ^BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX=y $BR2_CONFIG ; then
+    required_perl_modules="$required_perl_modules FileHandle"
+fi
+
 # This variable will keep the modules that are missing in your system.
 missing_perl_modules=""