diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/darcs-2.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/darcs-2.nix
index 5aa354ccb37d..b3d185226686 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/darcs-2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/darcs-2.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ghc, zlib, ncurses, curl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ghc, zlib, ncurses, curl, perl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "darcs-2.0.0";
+  name = "darcs-2.0.2";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://darcs.net/darcs-2.0.0.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1admaglbf7i15x9pihncqj5iraqzcw801pf76f0pd2hbc2k0yx7x";
+    url = http://darcs.net/darcs-2.0.2.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "17plbfwz2rvzbvr9b90z55lj51ilnq22hhr38hffila1gsxqfk0n";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ghc zlib ncurses curl];
+  buildInputs = [ghc zlib ncurses curl perl];
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lz";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93615071732f..d3a9f6d453b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6031,7 +6031,7 @@ let
 
   # some speed bottle necks are resolved in this version I think .. perhaps you like to try it?
   darcs2 = import ../applications/version-management/darcs/darcs-2.nix {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib ncurses curl ghc;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib ncurses curl ghc perl;
   };
 
   dia = import ../applications/graphics/dia {