diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 7162c0d4a942..f25dce5a4dd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -2226,6 +2226,9 @@ with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Cairo-1.109.tar.gz";
       hash = "sha256-ghlzbkAcIxHaX1FXdd5D/YfmOEtQTaNqGS8rIXZDB38=";
     };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkgs.pkg-config
+    ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.cairo ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ ExtUtilsDepends ExtUtilsPkgConfig ];
     meta = {
@@ -2242,6 +2245,9 @@ with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Cairo-GObject-1.005.tar.gz";
       hash = "sha256-jYlkRNceHQvKPSTjHl2CvQ2VQqrtkdH7fqs2e85nXFA=";
     };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkgs.pkg-config
+    ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.cairo ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ Cairo Glib ];
     meta = {
@@ -10230,6 +10236,8 @@ with self; {
       description = "Locate per-dist and per-module shared files";
       homepage = "https://metacpan.org/release/File-ShareDir";
       license = with lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+      # Can't load module IO, dynamic loading not available in this perl.
+      broken = !stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
     };
   };
 
@@ -10697,6 +10705,8 @@ with self; {
       homepage = "https://metacpan.org/release/Games-Solitaire-Verify";
       license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
       mainProgram = "verify-solitaire-solution";
+      # Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at lib/perl5/5.40.0/File/Path.pm line 361.
+      broken = !stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
     };
   };
 
@@ -10708,6 +10718,9 @@ with self; {
       hash = "sha256-aDEFS/VCS09cI9NifT0UhEgPb5wsZmMiIpFfKFG+buQ=";
     };
 
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkgs.pkg-config
+    ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.gd pkgs.libjpeg pkgs.zlib pkgs.freetype pkgs.libpng pkgs.fontconfig pkgs.xorg.libXpm ExtUtilsPkgConfig TestFork TestNoWarnings ];
 
     # otherwise "cc1: error: -Wformat-security ignored without -Wformat [-Werror=format-security]"
@@ -10939,12 +10952,17 @@ with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Glib-1.3294.tar.gz";
       hash = "sha256-1xX1qGvMGHB13oXnrlvAewcU1u3BlqktpDmG76ROXLs=";
     };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkgs.pkg-config
+    ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.glib ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ ExtUtilsDepends ExtUtilsPkgConfig ];
     meta = {
       description = "Perl wrappers for the GLib utility and Object libraries";
       homepage = "https://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net";
       license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl21Only ];
+      # Can't load module IO, dynamic loading not available in this perl.
+      broken = !stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
     };
   };
 
@@ -10963,7 +10981,13 @@ with self; {
         hash = "sha256-/QAhKENSeP+QRoWx/v8EMFPOouZ36Qd78lhZpvInz7Q=";
       })
     ];
-    nativeCheckInputs = [ pkgs.cairo CairoGObject ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkgs.pkg-config
+    ];
+    nativeCheckInputs = [ CairoGObject ];
+    checkInputs = [
+      pkgs.cairo
+    ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gobject-introspection Glib ];
     preCheck = ''
       # Our gobject-introspection patches make the shared library paths absolute