diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix
index ad326e459775..55a7ebd84afc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/vifm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper
+, perl # used to generate help tags
 , pkg-config
 , ncurses, libX11
 , util-linux, file, which, groff
@@ -17,9 +18,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-j+KBPr3Mz+ma7OArBdYqIJkVJdRrDM+67Dr2FMZlVog=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkg-config makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses libX11 util-linux file which groff ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Avoid '#!/usr/bin/env perl' reverences to build help.
+    patchShebangs --build src/helpztags
+  '';
+
   postFixup = let
     path = lib.makeBinPath
       [ udisks2