diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_linkcheck.patch b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_linkcheck.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2f604985be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_linkcheck.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+commit 6d985026
+Author: Michael Brantley <limeytexan@gmail.com>
+Date:   Tue Feb 20 07:12:06 2018 -0500
+
+    Update broken Pod links in lib/POE/Filter/HTTPD.pm
+    
+    Update Pod links to refer only to the utf8 module and not its methods,
+    fix a mis-capitalized internal reference, and convert the dangling
+    "MaxContent" link into a code reference.
+    
+    Resolves bug: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=124496
+
+diff --git a/lib/POE/Filter/HTTPD.pm b/lib/POE/Filter/HTTPD.pm
+index 9d4898e3..517be691 100644
+--- a/lib/POE/Filter/HTTPD.pm
++++ b/lib/POE/Filter/HTTPD.pm
+@@ -621,10 +621,10 @@ how to use these objects.
+ 
+ HTTP headers are not allowed to have UTF-8 characters; they must be
+ ISO-8859-1.  POE::Filter::HTTPD will convert all UTF-8 into the MIME encoded
+-equivalent.  It uses L<utf8::is_utf8> for detection-8 and
++equivalent.  It uses C<utf8::is_utf8> for detection-8 and
+ L<Email::MIME::RFC2047::Encoder> for convertion.  If L<utf8> is not
+ installed, no conversion happens.  If L<Email::MIME::RFC2047::Encoder> is
+-not installed, L<utf8::downgrade> is used instead.  In this last case, you will
++not installed, C<utf8::downgrade> is used instead.  In this last case, you will
+ see a warning if you try to send UTF-8 headers.
+ 
+ 
+@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ streaming mode this filter will return either an HTTP::Request object or a
+ block of content.  The HTTP::Request object's content will return empty. 
+ The blocks of content will be parts of the request's body, up to
+ Content-Length in size.  You distinguish between request objects and content
+-blocks using C<Scalar::Util/bless> (See L</Streaming request> below).  This
+-option supersedes L</MaxContent>.
++blocks using C<Scalar::Util/bless> (See L</Streaming Request> below).  This
++option supersedes C<MaxContent>.
+ 
+ =head1 CAVEATS
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_no404s.patch b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_no404s.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..097a7677e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_no404s.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+commit 32571a21
+Author: Michael Brantley <limeytexan@gmail.com>
+Date:   Tue Feb 20 07:07:22 2018 -0500
+
+    Update old URLs referenced in Pod
+    
+    Remove mention of old URLs, replace mention of canonical SVN repo with
+    the new git-based one at github.com.
+    
+    Resolves bug: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=124495
+
+diff --git a/lib/POE.pm b/lib/POE.pm
+index 80e7feac..0554ff70 100644
+--- a/lib/POE.pm
++++ b/lib/POE.pm
+@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ code snippets there as well.
+ The following command will fetch the most current version of POE into
+ the "poe" subdirectory:
+ 
+-  svn co https://poe.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/poe poe
++  git clone https://github.com/rcaputo/poe.git
+ 
+ =head2 SourceForge
+ 
+@@ -535,18 +535,9 @@ https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Status=Active&Queue=POE
+ 
+ =head2 Repositories and Changes
+ 
+-Thanks to the magic of distributed version control, POE is hosted at
+-three locations for redundancy.  You can browse the source at any one
+-of:
+-
+-https://github.com/rcaputo/poe
+-
+-https://gitorious.org/poe
+-
+-http://poe.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb-index.cgi
+-
+-Complete change logs can also be browsed at those sites.  They all
+-provide RSS news feeds for those who want to follow development in
++You can browse the POE source and complete change logs at
++https://github.com/rcaputo/poe. It also provides an RSS
++news feed for those who want to follow development in
+ near-realtime.
+ 
+ =head2 Other Resources
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 05ff6289ff4..834ead8575a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11376,6 +11376,47 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  POE = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "POE-1.367";
+    patches = [
+      ../development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_linkcheck.patch
+      ../development/perl-modules/perl-POE-1.367-pod_no404s.patch
+    ];
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RC/RCAPUTO/POE-1.367.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0b9s7yxaa2lgzyi56brgygycfjk7lz33d1ddvc1wvwwvm45p4wmp";
+    };
+    # N.B. removing TestPodLinkCheck from buildInputs because tests requiring
+    # this module don't disable themselves when "run_network_tests" is
+    # not present (see below).
+    buildInputs = [
+      Curses EmailMIME HTTPMessage IOTty LWPProtocolHttps POETestLoops
+      TermReadKey TestPod TestPodCoverage TestPodNo404s YAML
+    ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.cacert IOPipely ];
+    meta = {
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.limeytexan ];
+      description = "Portable multitasking and networking framework for any event loop";
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.artistic2;
+    };
+    preCheck = ''
+      set -x
+
+      : Makefile.PL touches the following file as a "marker" to indicate
+      : it should perform tests which use the network. Delete this file
+      : for sandbox builds.
+      rm -f run_network_tests
+
+      : Certs are required if not running in a sandbox.
+      export SSL_CERT_FILE=${pkgs.cacert.out}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+
+      : The following flag enables extra tests not normally performed.
+      export RELEASE_TESTING=1
+
+      set +x
+    '';
+  };
+
   POETestLoops = buildPerlPackage rec {
     name = "POE-Test-Loops-1.360";
     src = fetchurl {