diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 328b3a99bd7..8425b12e1b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ rec {
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ DataOptList ModuleImplementation ModuleRuntime PackageStash TryTiny ];
     meta = {
       homepage = http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN::Meta::Spec;
-      description = "A working (require "Class::Name") and more";
+      description = "A working (require \"Class::Name\") and more";
       license = "perl5";
     };
   };