diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
index 0d01a631358..639f1928f8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace '"python-interpreter", "python"' '"python-interpreter", "${python2Env}/bin/python"'
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake makeWrapper python2Env ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake makeWrapper python2Env perl perlXMLParser ];
   buildInputs = [
-    perl perlXMLParser libXft libpng zlib popt boehmgc
+    libXft libpng zlib popt boehmgc
     libxml2 libxslt glib gtkmm2 glibmm libsigcxx lcms boost gettext
     gsl poppler imagemagick libwpg librevenge
     libvisio libcdr libexif potrace