diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix
index ddda4ef4445..6ca528e2b1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "bibtex2html";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "07gzrs4lfrkvbn48cgn2gn6c7cx3jsanakkrb2irj0gmjzfxl96j";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml ];
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml perl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A collection of tools for translating from BibTeX to HTML";