diff --git a/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/BUILD.bazel b/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/BUILD.bazel
diff --git a/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/default.nix b/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2677b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ pkgs }: with pkgs;
+if (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) then perl else
+perl.overrideAttrs (old: {
+  patches = old.patches ++ [
+    ./static_build.patch
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = old.preConfigure + ''
+    cat >> config.over <<EOF
+    osvers="musllinux"
+    EOF
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = old.configureFlags ++ [
+    "-Dotherlibdirs=.../../lib/perl5/${old.version}" # Tell perl to use a relative libdir
+    # 1. Why isn't this the default?
+    # 2. Apparently nobody uses this option, because it is missing the quotes inside the config_h.SH
+    # 3. Why should a variable called "procselfexe" be used with a different path than /proc/self/exe?
+    # 4. I really dislike perl. - fionera
+    "-Dprocselfexe=\"/proc/self/exe\""
+  ];
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = (old.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE or "") + " -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration";
+})
diff --git a/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/static_build.patch b/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/static_build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8562a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nix/pkgs/perl/static_build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/ext/re/Makefile.PL b/ext/re/Makefile.PL
+--- a/ext/re/Makefile.PL
++++ b/ext/re/Makefile.PL
+@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
+     }
+ }
+ 
+ my $defines = '-DPERL_EXT_RE_BUILD -DPERL_EXT_RE_DEBUG -DPERL_EXT';
++$defines .= ' -DPERL_EXT_RE_STATIC';
+ my %args;
+ for my $arg (@ARGV) {
+     $args{$1} = $2 if $arg =~ /^(\w+)=(.*)$/;
+ }