diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 6728030822eb..c79ab14d60c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -1221,6 +1221,26 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  BarcodeZBar = buildPerlPackage {
+    pname = "Barcode-ZBar";
+    version = "0.04pre";
+    # The meta::cpan version of this module has been unmaintained from 2009
+    # This uses an updated version from the ZBar repo that works with the current ZBar library
+    src = "${pkgs.zbar.src}/perl";
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace Makefile.PL --replace "-lzbar" "-L${pkgs.zbar.lib}/lib -lzbar"
+      rm t/Processor.t
+    '';
+    buildInputs =[ ExtUtilsMakeMaker ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.zbar PerlMagick ];
+    perlPreHook = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "export LD=$CC";
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "https://github.com/mchehab/zbar/tree/master/perl";
+      description = "Perl interface to the ZBar Barcode Reader";
+      license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
+    };
+  };
+
   BC = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "B-C";
     version = "1.57";