diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix
index 0d83391de893..1590708dab18 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ in
         in pkgs.writeScript "install-grub.sh" (''
         #!${pkgs.stdenv.shell}
         set -e
-        export PERL5LIB=${makePerlPath (with pkgs.perlPackages; [ FileSlurp XMLLibXML XMLSAX ListCompare ])}
+        export PERL5LIB=${makePerlPath (with pkgs.perlPackages; [ FileSlurp XMLLibXML XMLSAX XMLSAXBase ListCompare ])}
         ${optionalString cfg.enableCryptodisk "export GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y"}
       '' + flip concatMapStrings cfg.mirroredBoots (args: ''
         ${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl ${install-grub-pl} ${grubConfig args} $@