diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 33a212396..1b6b98bea 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ fn main() {
         TreeSitterParser {
             name: "tree-sitter-perl",
             src_dir: "vendored_parsers/tree-sitter-perl-src",
-            extra_files: vec![],
+            extra_files: vec!["scanner.c"],
         },
         TreeSitterParser {
             name: "tree-sitter-php",