diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 3811c869359a..43e2eda774a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -7532,6 +7532,11 @@ let
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CW/CWEST/File-Pid-1.01.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "bafeee8fdc96eb06306a0c58bbdb7209b6de45f850e75fdc6b16db576e05e422";
     };
+    patches = [(fetchpatch {
+      name = "missing-pidfile.patch";
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/libf/libfile-pid-perl/1.01-2/debian/patches/missing-pidfile.patch";
+      sha256 = "1wvax2qdpfs9mgksnc12dhby9b9w19isp50dc55wd3d741ihh6sl";
+    })];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ ClassAccessor ];
     meta = {
       license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free; # Same as Perl