diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
index dee1cc3d3085..3ecea2b54edb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = libDeps hostPlatform;
+  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
index 32a9095e1238..139457f43c8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = libDeps hostPlatform;
+  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix
index 73ddd3eab204..911a900f6d23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.1.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = libDeps hostPlatform;
+  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.2.nix
index f5e8ec6de0d6..5e263fd06b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.2.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = libDeps hostPlatform;
+  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index f85e68aafe42..bd02daf5e1cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   # For building runtime libs
   depsBuildTarget = toolsForTarget;
 
-  buildInputs = libDeps hostPlatform;
+  buildInputs = [ perl ] ++ (libDeps hostPlatform);
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ targetPackages.stdenv.cc ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional useLLVM llvmPackages.llvm;