diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
index d32755db9907..3a28c50be39a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, perl, buildPerl, toPerlModule }:
 
-{ nativeBuildInputs ? [], name, ... } @ attrs:
+{ buildInputs ? [], nativeBuildInputs ? [], name, ... } @ attrs:
 
 toPerlModule(stdenv.mkDerivation (
   (
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ toPerlModule(stdenv.mkDerivation (
   {
     name = "perl${perl.version}-${name}";
     builder = ./builder.sh;
+    buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ perl ];
     nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [ (perl.dev or perl) ];
     fullperl = buildPerl;
   }