diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index 7992300eb8c..c81b7ca3e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv curl openssl zlib expat perl python gettext
       asciidoc texinfo xmlto docbook2x
       docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 libxslt
-      cpio tcl tk makeWrapper subversion;
+      cpio tcl tk makeWrapper;
     svnSupport = true;
     guiSupport = true;
     perlLibs = [perlPackages.LWP perlPackages.URI perlPackages.TermReadKey subversion];
+    # gitFull requires subversion with perlBindings enabled at least
+    subversion = subversion.override {
+      perlBindings = true;
+    };
   };
 
   gitGit = import ./git/git-git.nix {