diff --git a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
index 8dd06fa6a28..3d070c5eafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, pkgconfig, gtk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "eboard-1.1.1";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/eboard/eboard-1.1.1.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "0vm25j1s2zg1lipwjv9qrcm877ikfmk1yh34i8f5l3bwd63115xd";
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   patches = [ ./eboard.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkgconfig ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs ./configure
+  '';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fpermissive" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/;