diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 71b8e62b931..ea104717116 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
 
-  inherit (pkgs) buildPerlPackage fetchurl stdenv perl fetchsvn gnused;
+  inherit (pkgs) buildPerlPackage fetchurl fetchFromGitHub stdenv perl fetchsvn gnused;
 
   inherit (stdenv.lib) maintainers;