diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb
index c1457cc041c..24a8b13835c 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ builddependencies = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
+    ('Perl', '5.36.1'),
     ('Boost', '1.82.0'),
     ('sparsehash', '2.0.4'),
     ('BamTools', '2.5.2'),
@@ -45,16 +46,20 @@ buildopts = 'CXX="$CXX" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fopenmp" && cd ../rsem-eval && make
 
 runtest = 'test'
 
-files_to_copy = [(['ref-eval', 'ref-eval-estimate-true-assembly', '../rsem-eval/rsem-*'], 'bin')]
+files_to_copy = [
+    (['ref-eval', 'ref-eval-estimate-true-assembly', '../rsem-eval/rsem-*', '../rsem-eval/*.pm'], 'bin'),
+]
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ['ref-eval', 'ref-eval-estimate-true-assembly', 'rsem-build-read-index',
                                      'rsem-eval-calculate-score', 'rsem-eval-estimate-transcript-length-distribution',
                                      'rsem-eval-run-em', 'rsem-extract-reference-transcripts',
-                                     'rsem-parse-alignments', 'rsem-plot-model', 'rsem-preref', 'rsem-sam-validator',
-                                     'rsem-scan-for-paired-end-reads', 'rsem-simulate-reads',
+                                     'rsem-parse-alignments', 'rsem_perl_utils.pm', 'rsem-plot-model', 'rsem-preref',
+                                     'rsem-sam-validator', 'rsem-scan-for-paired-end-reads', 'rsem-simulate-reads',
                                      'rsem-synthesis-reference-transcripts']],
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
+sanity_check_commands = [r"rsem-eval-calculate-score --help 2>&1 | grep 'rsem-eval-calculate-score \[options\]'"]
+
 moduleclass = 'bio'