diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tRNAscan-SE/tRNAscan-SE-2.0.12-foss-2022b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tRNAscan-SE/tRNAscan-SE-2.0.12-foss-2022b.eb
index f65eb9761f8..821e3e3f3f7 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tRNAscan-SE/tRNAscan-SE-2.0.12-foss-2022b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tRNAscan-SE/tRNAscan-SE-2.0.12-foss-2022b.eb
@@ -13,26 +13,30 @@ source_urls = ['http://trna.ucsc.edu/software/']
 sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
 checksums = ['96fa4af507cd918c1c623763d9260bd6ed055d091662b44314426f6bbf447251']
 
-dependencies = [
+builddependencies = [
+    # tRNAscan-SE's configure script really wants Autoconf 2.69
     ('Autoconf', '2.69', '', SYSTEM),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Perl', '5.36.0'),
     ('Infernal', '1.1.4'),
 ]
 
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': [
-        'bin/tRNAscan-SE',
-        'lib/tRNAscan-SE/tRNAscanSE/tRNA.pm',
-    ],
-    'dirs': [
-        'bin',
-        'include',
-        'lib',
-    ],
-}
+parallel = 1
 
 # tRNAscan-SE.conf sets the Infernal bin directory to be ours.
 postinstallcmds = [
     "for b in $(ls $EBROOTINFERNAL/bin); do ln -s $EBROOTINFERNAL/bin/$b %(installdir)s/bin; done",
 ]
 
+fix_perl_shebang_for = ['bin/*']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/tRNAscan-SE', 'lib/tRNAscan-SE/tRNAscanSE/tRNA.pm'],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ["tRNAscan-SE --help"]
+
 moduleclass = 'bio'