diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
index 40a70623dcb7..9b128185dd0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ let
     meta = {
       homepage = https://www.perl.org/;
       description = "The standard implementation of the Perl 5 programmming language";
+      license = licenses.gpl1;
       maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
       platforms = platforms.all;
     };