diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.xml
index 7f219b8b09d..149fcb275a0 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.xml
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ for a module may (indirectly) import a native module. In that case,
 you will need to make a stub for that module that will satisfy the
 Makefile.PL and install it into
 <filename>lib/perl5/site_perl/cross_perl/${perl.version}</filename>.
-</para>
+See the <varname>postInstall</varname> for <varname>DBI</varname> for
+an example.</para>
 
 </section>
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 815bf73210f..c92a5572178 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -3835,11 +3835,50 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   DBI = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "DBI-1.636";
+    name = "DBI-${version}";
+    version = "1.6.36";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "8f7ddce97c04b4b7a000e65e5d05f679c964d62c8b02c94c1a7d815bb2dd676c";
     };
+    postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (perl ? crossVersion) ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/perl5/site_perl/cross_perl/${perl.version}/DBI
+      cat > $out/lib/perl5/site_perl/cross_perl/${perl.version}/DBI.pm <<EOF
+      package DBI;
+      BEGIN {
+      our \$VERSION = "$version";
+      }
+      1;
+      EOF
+
+      autodir=$(echo $out/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perl.version}/*/auto/DBI)
+      cat > $out/lib/perl5/site_perl/cross_perl/${perl.version}/DBI/DBD.pm <<EOF
+      package DBI::DBD;
+      use Exporter ();
+      use vars qw (@ISA @EXPORT);
+      @ISA = qw(Exporter);
+      @EXPORT = qw(dbd_postamble);
+      sub dbd_postamble {
+          return '
+      # --- This section was generated by DBI::DBD::dbd_postamble()
+      DBI_INSTARCH_DIR=$autodir
+      DBI_DRIVER_XST=$autodir/Driver.xst
+
+      # The main dependency (technically correct but probably not used)
+      \$(BASEEXT).c: \$(BASEEXT).xsi
+
+      # This dependency is needed since MakeMaker uses the .xs.o rule
+      \$(BASEEXT)\$(OBJ_EXT): \$(BASEEXT).xsi
+
+      \$(BASEEXT).xsi: \$(DBI_DRIVER_XST) $autodir/Driver_xst.h
+      	\$(PERL) -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/\$(BASEEXT)/g" \$(DBI_DRIVER_XST) > \$(BASEEXT).xsi
+
+      # ---
+      ';
+      }
+      1;
+      EOF
+    '';
     meta = {
       homepage = http://dbi.perl.org/;
       description = "Database independent interface for Perl";