diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/sys-perl/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/sys-perl/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33c54134f3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/sys-perl/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+mkdir $out
+mkdir $out/bin
+ln -s /usr/bin/perl $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/sys-perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/sys-perl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..346d9d08a898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/sys-perl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{stdenv}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "perl";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index db2959611b31..add49a498791 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -288,11 +288,17 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip ghc happy;
   };
 
-  perl = (import ../development/interpreters/perl) {
+  realPerl = (import ../development/interpreters/perl) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     patch = gnupatch;
   };
 
+  sysPerl = (import ../development/interpreters/sys-perl) {
+    inherit stdenv;
+  };
+
+  perl = if stdenv.system == "powerpc-darwin7.3.0" then sysPerl else realPerl;
+
   python = (import ../development/interpreters/python) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
index c2fe7584e116..91d1bd07271c 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ let {
 
   powerpcDarwinPkgs = {inherit (import ./powerpc-darwin.nix)
     aterm
+    subversion
   ;};