diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1de7294c22e..9daf84ed079 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4159,9 +4159,9 @@ let
 
   buildPerlPackage = import ../development/perl-modules/generic perl;
 
-  perlPackages = import ./perl-packages.nix {
+  perlPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (import ./perl-packages.nix {
     inherit pkgs;
-  };
+  });
 
   perlXMLParser = perlPackages.perlXMLParser;