diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 207965a6217..9ad5f88ab4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3947,6 +3947,7 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv apr aprutil neon expat swig zlib;
     bdbSupport = true;
     httpServer = false;
+    perlBindings = getConfig ["subversion" "perlBindings"] false;
     sslSupport = true;
     compressionSupport = true;
     httpd = apacheHttpd;