diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f36d8a5d29..4f4422ad4de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5667,7 +5667,7 @@ let
   };
 
   utillinuxngCurses = utillinuxng.override {
-    inherit ncurses;
+    inherit ncurses perl;
   };
 
   windows = rec {