diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 08e85ed231..e237dba127 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -7923,6 +7923,7 @@ (define-public perl-xs-object-magic
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("perl-extutils-depends" ,perl-extutils-depends)
+       ("perl-module-install" ,perl-module-install)
        ("perl-test-fatal" ,perl-test-fatal)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/XS-Object-Magic")
     (synopsis "Opaque, extensible XS pointer backed objects using sv_magic")