diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/alien-sdl.patch b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/alien-sdl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b00f7dcce819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/alien-sdl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/inc/My/Builder/Unix.pm b/inc/My/Builder/Unix.pm
+index 15291d5..5c5ab24 100644
+--- a/inc/My/Builder/Unix.pm
++++ b/inc/My/Builder/Unix.pm
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sub get_additional_libs {
+ 
+ sub can_build_binaries_from_sources {
+   my $self = shift;
+-  return 1; # yes we can
++  return 0; # no we can't
+ }
+ 
+ sub build_binaries {
+diff --git a/t/004_get_header_version.t b/t/004_get_header_version.t
+index d4146ff..27f53ea 100644
+--- a/t/004_get_header_version.t
++++ b/t/004_get_header_version.t
+@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+ # t/004_config.t
+ 
+-use Test::More tests => 1;
++use Test::More;
+ use Alien::SDL;
+ 
++Test::More::plan( skip_all => 'NixOS doesn\'t have SDL headers in this location' );
++
++
+ like( Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_version.h'), qr/([0-9]+\.)*[0-9]+/, "Testing SDL_version.h" );
+ #like( Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_net.h'), qr/([0-9]+\.)*[0-9]+/, "Testing SDL_net.h" );
+ #like( Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_image.h'), qr/([0-9]+\.)*[0-9]+/, "Testing SDL_image.h" );
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index b7159d5d4300..764225fb5e70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -210,6 +210,27 @@ let
      };
   };
 
+  AlienSDL = buildPerlModule {
+    pname = "Alien-SDL";
+    version = "1.446";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/F/FR/FROGGS/Alien-SDL-1.446.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "c9aa2c9dc3c63d89773c7d7203f2a46d1b924d0c72d9f801af147a3dc8bc512a";
+    };
+    patches = [ ../development/perl-modules/alien-sdl.patch ];
+
+    installPhase = "./Build install --prefix $out";
+
+    SDL_INST_DIR = pkgs.SDL.dev;
+    buildInputs = [ ArchiveExtract ArchiveZip TextPatch pkgs.SDL ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ CaptureTiny FileShareDir FileWhich ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Get, Build and Use SDL libraries";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+    };
+  };
+
   AlienTidyp = buildPerlModule {
     pname = "Alien-Tidyp";
     version = "1.4.7";