diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix
index ae880ceb8ba4..32235e85c48d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 let
   sqitch = perlPackages.AppSqitch;
-  modules = with perlPackages; [ ]
+  modules = with perlPackages; [ AlgorithmBackoff ]
     ++ lib.optional mysqlSupport DBDmysql
     ++ lib.optional postgresqlSupport DBDPg
     ++ lib.optional templateToolkitSupport TemplateToolkit;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 53f80b966a0e..a477962fab63 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  AlgorithmBackoff = buildPerlPackage {
+    pname = "Algorithm-Backoff";
+    version = "0.009";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PERLANCAR/Algorithm-Backoff-0.009.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "9f0ffcdf1e65a88022d6412f46ad977ede5a7b64be663009d13948fe8c9d180b";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ TestException TestNumberDelta ];
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "https://metacpan.org/release/Algorithm-Backoff";
+      description = "Various backoff strategies for retry";
+      license = with lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+    };
+  };
+
   AlgorithmC3 = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "Algorithm-C3";
     version = "0.11";