diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9dcc7a9bc528..d41afa7b0219 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8886,7 +8886,9 @@ let
 
   proggyfonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/proggyfonts { };
 
-  pthreadmanpages = callPackage ../data/documentation/pthread-man-pages { };
+  pthreadmanpages = callPackage ../data/documentation/pthread-man-pages {
+    perl = perl516; # syntax error at troffprepro line 49, near "do subst("
+  };
 
   shared_mime_info = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-mime-info { };