diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 8340427751..3716d6989a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -56941,7 +56941,8 @@ (define-public texlive-biber
            perl-module-build
            perl-test-differences))
     (inputs
-     (list perl
+     (list bash-minimal
+           perl
            perl-autovivification
            perl-class-accessor
            perl-data-dump