diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-math-symbolic/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-math-symbolic/package.py
index 886dcce52ad..8bb76a66c1f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-math-symbolic/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-math-symbolic/package.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class PerlMathSymbolic(PerlPackage):
     homepage = "https://metacpan.org/pod/Math::Symbolic"
     url = "https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/Math-Symbolic-0.612.tar.gz"
 
+    license("GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl")
+
     version("0.612", sha256="a9af979956c4c28683c535b5e5da3cde198c0cac2a11b3c9a129da218b3b9c08")
 
     depends_on("perl-module-build", type="build")
+    depends_on("perl-parse-recdescent", type="run")