diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
index 8e783fc15509..df10755f14c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     # Has a sneaky dependency on perl
     # Include first args to make sure we're patching the right thing
     substituteInPlace shell/key-bindings.bash \
+      --replace "command -v perl" "command -v ${ourPerl}/bin/perl" \
       --replace " perl -n " " ${ourPerl}/bin/perl -n "
     # fzf-tmux depends on bc
    substituteInPlace bin/fzf-tmux \