diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
index 17a287f8aae..38e6b63dd5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, which, pkgconfig, libxcb, xcbutilkeysyms, xcbutil,
   xcbutilwm, libstartup_notification, libX11, pcre, libev, yajl,
-  xcb-util-cursor, coreutils, perl, pango }:
+  xcb-util-cursor, coreutils, perl, pango, perlPackages, xdummy }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "i3-${version}";
@@ -11,13 +11,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0sqvd8yqf9vwqrrvbpbf8k93b3qfa3q9289m82xq15r31wlk8b2h";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ which pkgconfig libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutil xcbutilwm
-    libstartup_notification libX11 pcre libev yajl xcb-util-cursor perl pango ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    which pkgconfig libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutil xcbutilwm
+    libstartup_notification libX11 pcre libev yajl xcb-util-cursor perl pango
+    perlPackages.AnyEventI3 perlPackages.X11XCB perlPackages.IPCRun
+    perlPackages.ExtUtilsPkgConfig perlPackages.TestMore perlPackages.InlineC
+    perlPackages.CarpAlways
+  ];
 
   patchPhase = ''
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ln -sf "${xdummy}/bin/xdummy" testcases/Xdummy
+    (cd testcases && perl complete-run.pl)
+    ! grep -q '^not ok' testcases/latest/complete-run.log
+  '';
+
   configurePhase = "makeFlags=PREFIX=$out";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xdummy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdummy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30aba19930c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdummy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{ stdenv, writeText, writeScriptBin, xorg, xkeyboard_config }:
+
+let
+  xorgConfig = writeText "dummy-xorg.conf" ''
+    Section "ServerLayout"
+      Identifier     "dummy_layout"
+      Screen         0 "dummy_screen"
+      InputDevice    "dummy_keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
+      InputDevice    "dummy_mouse" "CorePointer"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "ServerFlags"
+      Option "DontVTSwitch" "true"
+      Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
+      Option "PciForceNone" "true"
+      Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"
+      Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "Files"
+      ModulePath "${xorg.xorgserver}/lib/xorg/modules"
+      ModulePath "${xorg.xf86videodummy}/lib/xorg/modules"
+      XkbDir "${xkeyboard_config}/share/X11/xkb"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontadobe75dpi}/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontadobe100dpi}/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter75dpi}/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter100dpi}/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontbh100dpi}/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontmiscmisc}/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
+      FontPath "${xorg.fontcursormisc}/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "Module"
+      Load           "dbe"
+      Load           "extmod"
+      Load           "freetype"
+      Load           "glx"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "InputDevice"
+      Identifier     "dummy_mouse"
+      Driver         "void"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "InputDevice"
+      Identifier     "dummy_keyboard"
+      Driver         "void"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "Monitor"
+      Identifier     "dummy_monitor"
+      HorizSync       30.0 - 130.0
+      VertRefresh     50.0 - 250.0
+      Option         "DPMS"
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "Device"
+      Identifier     "dummy_device"
+      Driver         "dummy"
+      VideoRam       192000
+    EndSection
+
+    Section "Screen"
+      Identifier     "dummy_screen"
+      Device         "dummy_device"
+      Monitor        "dummy_monitor"
+      DefaultDepth    24
+      SubSection     "Display"
+        Depth       24
+        Modes      "1280x1024"
+      EndSubSection
+    EndSection
+  '';
+
+in writeScriptBin "xdummy" ''
+  #!${stdenv.shell}
+  export XKB_BINDIR="${xorg.xkbcomp}/bin"
+  exec ${xorg.xorgserver}/bin/Xorg \
+    -noreset \
+    -logfile /dev/null \
+    "$@" \
+    -config "${xorgConfig}"
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4de2a30f389..1feff6dda6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2458,6 +2458,8 @@ let
 
   xdelta = callPackage ../tools/compression/xdelta { };
 
+  xdummy = callPackage ../tools/misc/xdummy { };
+
   xfsprogs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/xfsprogs { };
 
   xmlroff = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/xmlroff {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 1e8433cec7f..eb0bd52dbea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  AnyEventI3 = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "AnyEvent-I3-0.15";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MS/MSTPLBG/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0x8zi06667bdgaxn7driqx0d71mp6021r51hdzmj5m5qbhi2hvqi";
+    };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ AnyEvent JSONXS ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Communicate with the i3 window manager";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   AnyEventRabbitMQ = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "AnyEvent-RabbitMQ-1.15";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -133,12 +146,12 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   AnyMoose = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Any-Moose-0.10";
+    name = "Any-Moose-0.24";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SA/SARTAK/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1kgksln1vykh0xynawv3pc3nw1yp7kjwbxbb5lh2hm21a4l4h61x";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0g4w11chpnspnksw80jbdn5wp2m5hqzcyjzcy2hsjz9rkk2ncdbk";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [Mouse];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ Mouse ];
   };
 
   ApacheLogFormatCompiler = buildPerlModule {
@@ -556,6 +569,18 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  CarpAlways = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Carp-Always-0.13";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/F/FE/FERREIRA/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0i2rifkr7ybfcdsqana52487z7vxp2l5qdra0f6ik0ddhn6rzii1";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      description = "Warns and dies noisily with stack backtraces";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   CarpAssert = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "Carp-Assert-0.20";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -1827,6 +1852,18 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     makeMakerFlags = "--lib=${pkgs.openssl}/lib";
   };
 
+  CwdGuard = buildPerlModule rec {
+    name = "Cwd-Guard-0.04";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/K/KA/KAZEBURO/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "071k50n1yr48122jjjg50i1s2kwp06dmrisv35f3wjry8m6cqchm";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      description = "Temporary changing working directory (chdir)";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   DataClone = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "Data-Clone-0.003";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -3390,6 +3427,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  ExtUtilsPkgConfig = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "ExtUtils-PkgConfig-1.15";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1cxh6w8vmyqmhl6afys2q6z6jkp1m6zvacpk70196zmk48p1kcv9";
+    };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Simplistic interface to pkg-config";
+      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    };
+  };
+
   # From CPAN[1]:
   #   This module exists merely as a compatibility wrapper around
   #   ExtUtils::Typemaps. In a nutshell, ExtUtils::Typemap was renamed to
@@ -4558,13 +4608,14 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   Inline = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Inline-0.45";
+    name = "Inline-0.64";
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SI/SISYPHUS/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1k5nrb3nh2y33bs944ri78m1ni60v4cl67ffhxx88azj542y5c9x";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETJ/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "17n3gbc9jigpfwqfhgmxpvbgr9rkdrij8jayxqpzw611ixcxrplw";
     };
 
+    buildInputs = [ TestWarn ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ ParseRecDescent ];
 
     meta = {
@@ -4583,6 +4634,28 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  InlineC = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Inline-C-0.62";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETJ/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0clggdpj5mmi35vm2991f9jsgv2a3s8r4f1bd88xxk8akv5b8i3r";
+    };
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      # this test will fail with chroot builds
+      rm -f t/08taint.t
+    '';
+
+    buildInputs = [ TestWarn FileCopyRecursive ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ Inline ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Write Perl Subroutines in C";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   InlineJava = buildPerlPackage rec {
     name = "Inline-Java-0.52";
 
@@ -5350,6 +5423,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ ExtUtilsXSpp ExtUtilsCppGuess ];
   };
 
+  ModuleBuildXSUtil = buildPerlModule rec {
+    name = "Module-Build-XSUtil-0.10";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/H/HI/HIDEAKIO/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1323vxp8vf5xdz66lbc1wfciaks93mrbqfsjgb9nz1w9bb21xj36";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ FileCopyRecursive CwdGuard CaptureTiny ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "A Module::Build class for building XS modules";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   ModuleCoreList = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "Module-CoreList-3.01";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -6156,14 +6242,30 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  Mouse = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Mouse-0.26";
+  Mouse = buildPerlModule rec {
+    name = "Mouse-2.3.0";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/B/BO/BOBTFISH/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0dpf5qmf1vc8dq5nj6yiriz8v4wl8s9g519v1hnz4yf11n2lnr4x";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/G/GF/GFUJI/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0ycl521mmc5989934502730rzsi9xqihdpnjihrkhflqmrzmaqwq";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [
+      ModuleBuildXSUtil TestException TestLeakTrace TestRequires TestOutput
+      TestFatal
+    ];
+  };
+
+  MouseXNativeTraits = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "MouseX-NativeTraits-1.09";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/G/GF/GFUJI/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0pnbchkxfz9fwa8sniyjqp0mz75b3k2fafq9r09znbbh51dbz9gq";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ TestFatal ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ AnyMoose ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Extend attribute interfaces for Mouse";
+      license = "perl";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [TestException];
-    doCheck = false; # check can't find its own Mouse::Tiny module
   };
 
   MozillaCA = buildPerlPackage {
@@ -8425,6 +8527,18 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  TestLeakTrace = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Test-LeakTrace-0.14";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/G/GF/GFUJI/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "06cn4g35l2gi9vbsdi2j49cxsji9fvfi7xp4xgdyxxds9vrxydia";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      description = "Traces memory leaks";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   TestLongString = buildPerlPackage rec {
     name = "Test-LongString-0.15";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -9590,6 +9704,41 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     doCheck = false; # requires an X server
   };
 
+  X11XCB = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "X11-XCB-0.11";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MS/MSTPLBG/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "18i3z1fzw76kl9n5driys12r6vhp3r6rmb2pjn5nc7m9n4bwgh38";
+    };
+    AUTOMATED_TESTING = false;
+    buildInputs = [
+      ExtUtilsDepends ExtUtilsPkgConfig DataDump
+      XMLSimple XMLDescent TestDeep TestException
+      pkgs.xorg.libxcb pkgs.xorg.xcbproto pkgs.xorg.xcbutil pkgs.xorg.xcbutilwm
+    ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ XSObjectMagic Mouse MouseXNativeTraits TryTiny ];
+    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = [ "-lxcb" "-lxcb-util" "-lxcb-xinerama" "-lxcb-icccm" ];
+    doCheck = false; # requires an X server
+    meta = {
+      description = "XCB bindings for X";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
+  XMLDescent = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "XML-Descent-1.04";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AN/ANDYA/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0l5xmw2hd95ypppz3lyvp4sn02ccsikzjwacli3ydxfdz1bbh4d7";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ TestDifferences ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ XMLTokeParser ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Recursive descent XML parsing";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   XMLDOM = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "XML-DOM-1.44";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -9711,6 +9860,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     propagatedBuildInputs = [XMLParser];
   };
 
+  XMLTokeParser = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "XML-TokeParser-0.05";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PO/PODMASTER/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1hnpwb3lh6cbgwvjjgqzcp6jm4mp612qn6ili38adc9nhkwv8fc5";
+    };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ XMLParser ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Simplified interface to XML::Parser";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   XMLTwig = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "XML-Twig-3.44";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -9729,6 +9891,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  XSObjectMagic = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "XS-Object-Magic-0.04";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/F/FL/FLORA/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "03fghj7hq0fiicmfdxhmzfm4mzv7s097pgkd32ji7jnljvhm9six";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ ExtUtilsDepends TestFatal Testuseok ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "XS pointer backed objects using sv_magic";
+      license = "perl";
+    };
+  };
+
   YAML = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "YAML-0.90";
     src = fetchurl {