diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4904f053d345..9dcc7a9bc528 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2256,6 +2256,7 @@ let
   rng_tools = callPackage ../tools/security/rng-tools { };
 
   rsnapshot = callPackage ../tools/backup/rsnapshot {
+    perl = perl516; # fails to create docs: POD document had syntax errors
     # For the `logger' command, we can use either `utillinux' or
     # GNU Inetutils.  The latter is more portable.
     logger = inetutils;