diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 522b0e0574a..256c82f003a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -8093,6 +8093,7 @@ let
     preConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace Makefile.PL --replace "exit 0;" ""
     '';
+    buildInputs = [ TestPod ];
     meta = {
       description = "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];