diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix
index 658c35289be2..f2ed57b4eb7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, pam, nspr, nss, openldap, db, cyrus_sasl
-, svrcore, icu, net_snmp, kerberos, pcre
+, svrcore, icu, net_snmp, kerberos, pcre, perlPackages
 }:
-
+let
+  version = "1.3.3.5";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "389-ds-base-1.3.3.5";
+  name = "389-ds-base-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://directory.fedoraproject.org/binaries/${name}.tar.bz2";
@@ -13,9 +15,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     pkgconfig perl pam nspr nss openldap db cyrus_sasl svrcore icu
     net_snmp kerberos pcre
-  ];
+  ] ++ (with perlPackages; [ MozillaLdap NetAddrIP DBFile ]);
 
-  patches = [ ./no-etc.patch ];
+  # TODO: Fix bin/ds-logpipe.py, bin/logconv, bin/cl-dump
+
+  patches = [ ./no-etc.patch ./perl-path.patch ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # Create perl paths for library imports in perl scripts
+    PERLPATH=""
+    for P in $(echo $PERL5LIB | sed 's/:/ /g'); do
+      PERLPATH="$PERLPATH $(echo $P/*/*)"
+    done
+    export PERLPATH
+  '';
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
@@ -31,6 +44,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p $out/lib/dirsrv
   '';
 
+  passthru.version = version;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://directory.fedoraproject.org/;
     description = "enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/no-etc.patch b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/no-etc.patch
index c3dcd79363ea..a894ffd40056 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/no-etc.patch
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/no-etc.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+From bcdd781b01beba59b9f6993355732070b9487603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "William A. Kennington III" <william@wkennington.com>
+Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:51:46 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Don't install files to /etc or /var
+
+---
+ Makefile.in | 17 ++++++++---------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
 diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
 index 24a9ddf..c97d1e1 100644
 --- a/Makefile.in
@@ -48,3 +57,6 @@ index 24a9ddf..c97d1e1 100644
  	install-taskSCRIPTS install-updateDATA install-updateSCRIPTS
  
  install-dvi: install-dvi-am
+-- 
+2.1.4
+
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/perl-path.patch b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/perl-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73af83a9d6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/perl-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 78a814e4d5e8708893b6ed8b673a4577abae05f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "William A. Kennington III" <william@wkennington.com>
+Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:52:11 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Makefile: Add PERLPATH to perl files
+
+---
+ Makefile.in | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index c97d1e1..763bf3b 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -2870,7 +2870,7 @@ rsearch_bin_LDADD = $(NSPR_LINK) $(NSS_LINK) $(LDAPSDK_LINK) $(SASL_LINK) $(LIBS
+ @BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@CONSOLE_VERSION\@,$(CONSOLE_VERSION),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@BUILDNUM\@,$(BUILDNUM),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@NQBUILD_NUM\@,$(NQBUILDNUM),g' \
+-@BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@perlpath\@,$(perldir),g' \
++@BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@perlpath\@,$(perldir) $(PERLPATH),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@defaultuser\@,$(defaultuser),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@defaultgroup\@,$(defaultgroup),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_FALSE@	-e 's,@with_fhs_opt\@,@with_fhs_opt@,g' \
+@@ -2947,7 +2947,7 @@ rsearch_bin_LDADD = $(NSPR_LINK) $(NSS_LINK) $(LDAPSDK_LINK) $(SASL_LINK) $(LIBS
+ @BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@CONSOLE_VERSION\@,$(CONSOLE_VERSION),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@BUILDNUM\@,$(BUILDNUM),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@NQBUILD_NUM\@,$(NQBUILDNUM),g' \
+-@BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@perlpath\@,$(perldir) $(libdir)/perl/arch $(libdir)/perl,g' \
++@BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@perlpath\@,$(perldir) $(PERLPATH) $(libdir)/perl/arch $(libdir)/perl,g' \
+ @BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@defaultuser\@,$(defaultuser),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@defaultgroup\@,$(defaultgroup),g' \
+ @BUNDLE_TRUE@	-e 's,@with_fhs_opt\@,@with_fhs_opt@,g' \
+-- 
+2.1.4
+