diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bonnie/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bonnie/default.nix
index bd7c8f0ecfb..57dc51e4111 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bonnie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bonnie/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bonnie++-1.98";
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/;
     description = "Hard drive and file system benchmark suite";