diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 440ce2c95a0..32f9fbc4b87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -4793,14 +4793,15 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   FileBaseDir = buildPerlPackage rec {
     version = "0.03";
     name = "File-BaseDir-${version}";
-    configurePhase = ''
-      preConfigure || true
-      perl Build.PL PREFIX="$out" prefix="$out"
-    '';
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/modules/by-module/File/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "0029cba7a3b5d8aa5f7d03cb1b7ba2bcf2829382f7f26aa3bee06fce8611a886";
     };
+    configurePhase = ''
+      preConfigure || true
+      perl Build.PL PREFIX="$out" prefix="$out"
+    '';
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ ModuleBuild ];
   };
 
   FileCheckTree = buildPerlPackage {