diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 047fc874a022..9300a180ffb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -3974,6 +3974,18 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  DigestPerlMD5 = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Digest-Perl-MD5-1.9";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DE/DELTA/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "7100cba1710f45fb0e907d8b1a7bd8caef35c64acd31d7f225aff5affeecd9b1";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      description = "Perl Implementation of Rivest's MD5 algorithm";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+    };
+  };
+
   DigestSHA = null;
 
   DigestSHA1 = buildPerlPackage {