diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/encode-imaputf7.patch b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/encode-imaputf7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93842cf288bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/encode-imaputf7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/lib/Encode/IMAPUTF7.pm b/lib/Encode/IMAPUTF7.pm
+index 07835b9..411c57f 100644
+--- a/lib/Encode/IMAPUTF7.pm
++++ b/lib/Encode/IMAPUTF7.pm
+@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->Define('IMAP-UTF-7', 'imap-utf-7');
+ our $VERSION = '1.05';
+ use MIME::Base64;
+ use Encode;
++use Exporter 'import';
++our @EXPORT_OK = qw(encode decode);
+ 
+ #
+ # Algorithms taken from Unicode::String by Gisle Aas
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index a34776a17979..b4e957772fdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -8790,6 +8790,9 @@ with self; {
       description = "IMAP modified UTF-7 encoding";
       license = with lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
+    patches = [
+      ../development/perl-modules/encode-imaputf7.patch
+    ];
   };
 
   EncodeJIS2K = buildPerlPackage {