diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/debianutils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/debianutils/package.nix
index 053c667d2ad3..97623aaeef36 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/debianutils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/debianutils/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitLab
 , autoreconfHook
+, perl
 , po4a
 }:
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
+    perl
     po4a
   ];