diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/apparmor/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/apparmor/default.nix
index e1ae7a6d4d4..f68b436bed1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/apparmor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/apparmor/default.nix
@@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cd ..
     cp -r  kernel-patches $out
   '';
-  installPhase = ''
+
+  installPhase = let
+    perlVersion = (builtins.parseDrvName perl.name).version;
+  in ''
     for i in $out/bin/*;  do
-      wrapProgram $i --prefix PERL5LIB : "$PERL5LIB:$out/lib/perl5/5.10.1/i686-linux-thread-multi/"
+      wrapProgram $i --prefix PERL5LIB : \
+        "$PERL5LIB:$out/lib/perl5/${perlVersion}/${stdenv.system}-thread-multi/"
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a9c1e75473..751ccdde3e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7956,6 +7956,7 @@ let
   apparmor = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/apparmor {
     inherit (perlPackages) LocaleGettext TermReadKey RpcXML;
     bison = bison2;
+    perl = perl516; # ${perl}/.../CORE/handy.h:124:34: error: 'bool' undeclared
   };
 
   atop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/atop { };