diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index da860d45228e..8f3a254f8ecd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4930,7 +4930,10 @@ let
   });
 
   perl510Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (import ./perl-packages.nix {
-    pkgs = pkgs // { perl = perl510; };
+    pkgs = pkgs // {
+      perl = perl510;
+      buildPerlPackage = import ../development/perl-modules/generic perl510;
+    };
   });
 
   perlXMLParser = perlPackages.XMLParser;