1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.5.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.5.nix
index 4691df6917b4..afa7e9a0a206 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.5.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, perl, xz, libiconv, gawk, procps, interactive ? false }:
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, ncurses, perl, xz, libiconv, gawk, procps, interactive ? false }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0qjzvbvnv9003xdrcpi3jp7y68j4hq2ciw9frh2hghh698zlnxvp";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl xz ]
+  # We need a native compiler to build perl XS extensions
+  # when cross-compiling.
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc perl ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ xz ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.isSunOS [ libiconv gawk ]
     ++ optional interactive ncurses
     ++ optional doCheck procps; # for tests
 
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS "AWK=${gawk}/bin/awk";
+  configureFlags = [ "PERL=${buildPackages.perl}/bin/perl" ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS "AWK=${gawk}/bin/awk";
 
   preInstall = ''
     installFlags="TEXMF=$out/texmf-dist";