diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 92a0f2b4570..c89ce2c5d34 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   owncloudclient = owncloud-client;  # added 2016-08
   p11_kit = p11-kit; # added 2018-02-25
   pass-otp = pass.withExtensions (ext: [ext.pass-otp]); # added 2018-05-04
+  perlXMLParser = perlPackages.XMLParser; # added 2018-10-12
   pgp-tools = signing-party; # added 2017-03-26
   pidgin-with-plugins = pidgin; # added 2016-06
   pidginlatex = pidgin-latex; # added 2018-01-08