diff --git a/Dockerfiles/build-base/windows/Dockerfile.agent2 b/Dockerfiles/build-base/windows/Dockerfile.agent2
index b368a44aa..e6ed664af 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/build-base/windows/Dockerfile.agent2
+++ b/Dockerfiles/build-base/windows/Dockerfile.agent2
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ ARG MINGW_URL=https://github.com/niXman/mingw-builds-binaries/releases/download/
 ARG VS_BUILDTOOLS_URL=https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_buildtools.exe
 ARG GOLANG_URL=https://go.dev/dl/go$GOLANG_VERSION.windows-amd64.zip
 ARG MSYS2_URL=https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest
+ARG PERL_URL=https://github.com/StrawberryPerl/Perl-Dist-Strawberry/releases/download/SP_54001_64bit_UCRT/strawberry-perl-5.40.0.1-64bit-portable.zip
 
 ARG PCRE2_URL=https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-$PCRE2_VERSION/pcre2-$PCRE2_VERSION.zip
 ARG OPENSSL_URL=https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-$OPENSSL_VERSION/openssl-$OPENSSL_VERSION.tar.gz
 
 ENV ZBX_VERSION=$ZBX_VERSION `
     BUILD_ARCH=$BUILD_ARCH CPU_MODEL=$CPU_MODEL `
-    GIT_URL=$GIT_URL SEVEN_ZIP_VERSION=$SEVEN_ZIP_VERSION `
+    GIT_URL=$GIT_URL PERL_URL=$PERL_URL SEVEN_ZIP_VERSION=$SEVEN_ZIP_VERSION `
     MINGW_URL=$MINGW_URL VS_BUILDTOOLS_URL=$VS_BUILDTOOLS_URL GOLANG_VERSION=$GOLANG_VERSION MSYS2_URL=$MSYS2_URL `
     PCRE2_VERSION=$PCRE2_VERSION OPENSSL_VERSION=$OPENSSL_VERSION `
     PCRE2_URL=$PCRE2_URL OPENSSL_URL=$OPENSSL_URL `
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ ADD --checksum=sha256:2e8a40b01979afe8be0bbfb3de5dc1c6709fedb46d6c89c10da114ab5f
 RUN Set-Location -Path $env:SystemDrive\.; `
     [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; `
     `
-    $env:PATH = [string]::Format('{0}\mingw64\bin;{0}\go\bin;{0}\git\cmd;{0}\git\mingw64\bin;{0}\git\usr\bin;{1}\7-Zip;', $env:SystemDrive, ${env:ProgramFiles}) + $env:PATH; `
+    $env:PATH = [string]::Format('{0}\perl\perl\bin;{0}\mingw64\bin;{0}\go\bin;{0}\git\cmd;{0}\git\mingw64\bin;{0}\git\usr\bin;{1}\7-Zip;', $env:SystemDrive, ${env:ProgramFiles}) + $env:PATH; `
     $env:PATH = $env:PATH + [string]::Format(';{0}\msys64\usr\bin;{0}\msys64\{1}\bin', $env:SystemDrive, $env:MSYSTEM.ToLower()); `
     [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH', $env:PATH, [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine); `
     `
@@ -119,6 +120,13 @@ RUN Set-Location -Path $env:SystemDrive\.; `
 #        exit 1; `
     }; `
     `
+    Write-Host 'Installing Perl...'; `
+    Expand-Archive -Path $env:TEMP\perl.zip -DestinationPath $env:SystemDrive\perl\; `
+    Remove-Item -Force -Recurse $env:SystemDrive\perl\c\; `
+    `
+    Write-Host 'Verifying install ("perl -V") ...'; `
+    perl -V; `
+    `
     Write-Host ('Downloading {0} ...' -f $env:VS_BUILDTOOLS_URL); `
     Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $env:TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe $env:VS_BUILDTOOLS_URL; `
     `