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diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 6dda5cdd86..df3e8b333c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -7938,6 +7938,28 @@ determining their type and clock speed.")
of a system.")
(license (package-license perl))))
+(define-public perl-sys-syscall
+ (package
+ (name "perl-sys-syscall")
+ (version "0.25")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/B/BR/BRADFITZ/"
+ "Sys-Syscall-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1r8k4q04dhs191zgdfgiagvbra770hx0bm6x24jsykxn0c6ghi8y"))))
+ (build-system perl-build-system)
+ (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/Sys-Syscall")
+ (synopsis
+ "Access system calls that Perl doesn't normally provide access to")
+ (description
+ "Sys::Syscall allows one to use epoll and sendfile system calls from
+Perl. Support is mostly Linux-only for now, but other syscalls/OSes are
+planned for the future.")
+ (license perl-license)))
+
(define-public perl-task-weaken
(package
(name "perl-task-weaken")