diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix
index 6f43a2f9a897..a688170b8ad4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, gettext
 , pkgconfig, cscope, python, ruby, tcl, perl, luajit
+, darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     )
   '';
 
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/auto/config.mk --replace "PERL_CFLAGS	=" "PERL_CFLAGS	= -I${darwin.libutil}/include"
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/Applications
     cp -r src/MacVim/build/Release/MacVim.app $out/Applications
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98aee99dda64..c0b784cc329c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14263,7 +14263,7 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
   };
 
-  macvim = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
+  macvim = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix { stdenv = clangStdenv; ruby = ruby_2_2; };
 
   vimHugeX = vim_configurable;