diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
index 0eac7ea5979..abe1a403e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ composableDerivation {
         // edf { name = "xsmp"; } #Disable XSMP session management
         // edf { name = "xsmp_interact"; } #Disable XSMP interaction
         // edf { name = "mzscheme"; } #Include MzScheme interpreter.
-        // edf { name = "perl"; } #Include Perl interpreter.
+        // edf { name = "perl"; feat = "perlinterp"; enable = { buildInputs = [perl]; };} #Include Perl interpreter.
         // edf { name = "python"; feat = "pythoninterp"; enable = { buildInputs = [python]; }; } #Include Python interpreter.
-        // edf { name = "tcl"; } #Include Tcl interpreter.
-        // edf { name = "ruby"; } #Include Ruby interpreter.
+        // edf { name = "tcl"; enable = { buildInputs = [tcl]; }; } #Include Tcl interpreter.
+        // edf { name = "ruby"; feat = "rubyinterp"; enable = { buildInputs = [ruby]; };} #Include Ruby interpreter.
         // edf { name = "cscope"; } #Include cscope interface.
         // edf { name = "workshop"; } #Include Sun Visual Workshop support.
         // edf { name = "netbeans"; } #Disable NetBeans integration support.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ea2722311d..5e982cd8a6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8559,7 +8559,7 @@ let
     # optional features by passing
     # python
     # TODO mzschemeinterp perlinterp
-    inherit python /*x11*/;
+    inherit python perl tcl ruby /*x11*/;
 
     # optional features by flags
     flags = [ "X11" ]; # only flag "X11" by now