diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Alien-FFI-dont-download.patch b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Alien-FFI-dont-download.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba79c8c0eb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Alien-FFI-dont-download.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/alienfile b/alienfile
+index 18d6b42..5ccf296 100644
+--- a/alienfile
++++ b/alienfile
+@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ plugin 'PkgConfig'    => 'libffi';
+ 
+ share {
+ 
+-  plugin 'Download::GitHub' => (
+-    github_user => 'libffi',
+-    github_repo => 'libffi',
+-    asset => 1,
+-  );
+-
+   plugin 'Build::Autoconf' => ();
+ 
+   my $configure = '--disable-shared --enable-static --disable-builddir';
+diff --git a/t/00_diag.t b/t/00_diag.t
+index 51dd784..2bc314c 100644
+--- a/t/00_diag.t
++++ b/t/00_diag.t
+@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ $modules{$_} = $_ for qw(
+   Alien::Base
+   Alien::Build
+   Alien::Build::MM
+-  Alien::Build::Plugin::Download::GitHub
+   Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::Vcpkg
+   Capture::Tiny
+   ExtUtils::MakeMaker
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index aefbdea936f5..0c7b704ea9e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -278,6 +278,25 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  AlienFFI = buildPerlPackage {
+    pname = "Alien-FFI";
+    version = "0.27";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PL/PLICEASE/Alien-FFI-0.27.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-Kbsgg/P5gqOfSFIkP09qEZFpZvIObneGTpkmnRHotl4=";
+    };
+    patches = [ ../development/perl-modules/Alien-FFI-dont-download.patch ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libffi CaptureTiny Test2Suite NetSSLeay MojoDOM58 IOSocketSSL ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ AlienBuild ];
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "https://metacpan.org/pod/Alien::FFI";
+      description = "Build and make available libffi";
+      license = with lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ tomasajt ];
+    };
+  };
+
   AlienGMP = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "Alien-GMP";
     version = "1.16";