diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql55/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql55/default.nix
index a5f588f747d..052e9dc4156 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql55/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql55/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "13y7bhjmx4daidvyqjz88yffbswb6rc1khkmiqm896fx3lglkcpr";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake bison ncurses openssl readline zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake bison ncurses openssl readline zlib perl ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "-lgcc_s";
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin/libtool|libtool|" cmake/libutils.cmake
+  '';
   postInstall = ''
     sed -i -e "s|basedir=\"\"|basedir=\"$out\"|" $out/bin/mysql_install_db
     rm -rf $out/mysql-test $out/sql-bench