diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index e62fce386c71..76d381a72c2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ let
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MI/MIYAGAWA/App-cpanminus-1.7045.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "1779w07zxlgfk35s24ksr7k9azd5yl8sbb48y1aaph7y4gf4lkmc";
     };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ IOSocketSSL ];
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus";
       description = "Get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN";