diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 7eb6d051fff..ad5a5bf9fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -4394,17 +4394,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     doCheck = false;
   };
 
-  IOSocketSSL = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "IO-Socket-SSL-1.81";
+  IOSocketSSL = buildPerlPackage {
+    name = "IO-Socket-SSL-1.981";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/modules/by-module/IO/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1vg7jpn7vz3a2j3fxjjkaxiiqg7azqmy7afrpghiqkjcr8b6zs9y";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SU/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.981.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "d78f3aac72888a350962c2da87b2b459513a175d7ac641cb1482bacbb81e76eb";
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ URI NetSSLeay ];
     meta = {
+      homepage = https://github.com/noxxi/p5-io-socket-ssl;
       description = "Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET";
       license = "perl";
     };
+    doCheck = false; # tries to connect to facebook.com etc.
   };
 
   IOString = buildPerlPackage rec {