diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index 8a0253029e1..7fdb659890a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installCheckTarget = "test";
 
   # see also installCheckFlagsArray
-  installCheckFlags = "DEFAULT_TEST_TARGET=prove";
+  installCheckFlags = [
+    "DEFAULT_TEST_TARGET=prove"
+    "PERL_PATH=${buildPackages.perl}/bin/perl"
+  ];
 
   preInstallCheck = ''
     installCheckFlagsArray+=(
@@ -296,6 +299,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # Tested to fail: 2.18.0
     disable_test t9902-completion "sourcing the completion script clears cached --options"
 
+    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (!perlSupport) ''
+      # request-pull is a Bash script that invokes Perl, so it is not available
+      # when NO_PERL=1, and the test should be skipped, but the test suite does
+      # not check for the Perl prerequisite.
+      disable_test t5150-request-pull
+    ''}
+
     # As of 2.19.0, t5562 refers to #!/usr/bin/perl
     patchShebangs t/t5562/invoke-with-content-length.pl
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''