diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 705d6014a23c..6b709ce625f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -15876,6 +15876,11 @@ with self; {
       description = "Construct and optionally mail MIME messages";
       license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
     };
+    # Nothing in mime-construct --help or mime-construct’s man page mentions
+    # anything about mime-construct executing its arguments.
+    passthru.binlore.out = pkgs.binlore.synthesize self.perlPackages.mimeConstruct ''
+      execer cannot bin/mime-construct
+    '';
   };
 
   MIMEEncWords = buildPerlPackage {