3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
index c95d9b3009a..d475e88bf9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
   libcLib = lib.getLib libc;
   crossCompiling = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform;
 
-  common = { self, version, sha256 }: stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  common = { self, buildPerl, version, sha256 }: stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     inherit version;
 
     name = "perl-${version}";
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ let
       libPrefix = "lib/perl5/site_perl";
       pkgs = callPackage ../../../top-level/perl-packages.nix {
         perl = self;
+        inherit buildPerl;
         overrides = config.perlPackageOverrides or (p: {}); # TODO: (self: super: {}) like in python
       };
       buildEnv = callPackage ./wrapper.nix {
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ in rec {
   # the latest Maint version
   perl528 = common {
     self = perl528;
+    buildPerl = buildPackages.perl528;
     version = "5.28.2";
     sha256 = "1iynpsxdym4h76kgndmn3ykvwxhqz444xvaz8z2irsxkvmnlb5da";
   };
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ in rec {
   # the latest Devel version
   perldevel = common {
     self = perldevel;
+    buildPerl = buildPackages.perldevel;
     version = "5.29.9";
     sha256 = "017x3nghyc5m8q1yqnrdma96b3d5rlfx87vv5mi64jq0r8k6zppm";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh
index b833ceb3cab..e05cd07708d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ preConfigure() {
         fi
     done
 
-    perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$out INSTALLDIRS=site $makeMakerFlags PERL=$(type -P perl) FULLPERL=\"$perl/bin/perl\"
+    perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$out INSTALLDIRS=site $makeMakerFlags PERL=$(type -P perl) FULLPERL=\"$fullperl/bin/perl\"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
index 20947b1dc33..d32755db990 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, perl, buildPackages, toPerlModule }:
+{ lib, stdenv, perl, buildPerl, toPerlModule }:
 
 { nativeBuildInputs ? [], name, ... } @ attrs:
 
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ toPerlModule(stdenv.mkDerivation (
     name = "perl${perl.version}-${name}";
     builder = ./builder.sh;
     nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [ (perl.dev or perl) ];
-    perl = buildPackages.perl;
+    fullperl = buildPerl;
   }
 ))