diff --git a/config/projects/gitlab.rb b/config/projects/gitlab.rb
index 73fe495d08c0d4cd7e35a2037cbbee758ad5e628_Y29uZmlnL3Byb2plY3RzL2dpdGxhYi5yYg==..e7d096b0cc10c607a60e28f5cff728972859eca4_Y29uZmlnL3Byb2plY3RzL2dpdGxhYi5yYg== 100644
--- a/config/projects/gitlab.rb
+++ b/config/projects/gitlab.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
   runtime_dependency 'openssh-server'
 end
 
+# perl is required for exiftool and openssh certificate hashing
+
+runtime_dependency 'perl'
+
 if rhel?
   case OhaiHelper.get_centos_version
   when '6', '7'
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 73fe495d08c0d4cd7e35a2037cbbee758ad5e628_ZG9ja2VyL0RvY2tlcmZpbGU=..e7d096b0cc10c607a60e28f5cff728972859eca4_ZG9ja2VyL0RvY2tlcmZpbGU= 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       openssh-server \
       tzdata \
       wget \
+      perl \
       libperl5.30 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*