diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 2139341f3b5..7b113cadd4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -2569,19 +2569,40 @@ rec {
   };
 
   ExtUtilsParseXS = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.15";
+    name = "ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.18";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/modules/by-module/ExtUtils/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "06baf0nsmdkfk50p4x9kss4ncm8h49gkzy8hl5cxbxdsab65gmrb";
+      sha256 = "0kvbx66vncgk2c72994z31bgh2w3rsrlnx0z7cmxqa7w3hlc4741";
     };
   };
 
+  # From CPAN[1]:
+  #   This module exists merely as a compatibility wrapper around
+  #   ExtUtils::Typemaps. In a nutshell, ExtUtils::Typemap was renamed to
+  #   ExtUtils::Typemaps because the Typemap directory in lib/ could collide with
+  #   the typemap file on case-insensitive file systems.
+  #
+  #   The ExtUtils::Typemaps module is part of the ExtUtils::ParseXS distribution
+  #   and ships with the standard library of perl starting with perl version
+  #   5.16.
+  #
+  # [1] http://search.cpan.org/~smueller/ExtUtils-Typemap-1.00/lib/ExtUtils/Typemap.pm:
+  ExtUtilsTypemap = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "ExtUtils-Typemap-1.00";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/modules/by-module/ExtUtils/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1iqz0xlscg655gnwb2h1wrjj70llblps1zznl29qn1mv5mvibc5i";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ ExtUtilsParseXS ];
+  };
+
   ExtUtilsTypemapsDefault = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "ExtUtils-Typemaps-Default-1.01";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/modules/by-module/ExtUtils/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "0k03rr7bmhnn6j0505w9id5apss85yvqnx76hxf3javn3klj1m5z";
     };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ ExtUtilsTypemap ExtUtilsParseXS ];
   };
 
   ExtUtilsXSpp = buildPerlModule rec {