diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gv/default.nix
index cce4c54b828..ff1ff5293a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gv/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, Xaw3d, ghostscriptX }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, Xaw3d, ghostscriptX, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gv-3.6.9";
+  name = "gv-3.7.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gv/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1b7n4xbgbgjvbq9kmacmk12vfwzc443bcs38p8k4yb60m7r7qzkb";
+    sha256 = "0541p3jlxvvw4136250rizybrl8sqyg03avy0w4r4kiw9w5f31ys";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ Xaw3d ghostscriptX ];
+  buildInputs = [ Xaw3d ghostscriptX perl ];
 
   patchPhase = ''
     sed 's|\<gs\>|${ghostscriptX}/bin/gs|g' -i "src/"*.in
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0c70f7d56c..f2a1d8f69ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7982,7 +7982,7 @@ let
   };
 
   gv = import ../applications/misc/gv {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv Xaw3d ghostscriptX;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv Xaw3d ghostscriptX perl;
   };
 
   hello = makeOverridable (import ../applications/misc/hello/ex-2) {