diff --git a/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile b/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile
index 25882a0..96b45ba 100644
--- a/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile
+++ b/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ RUN make -j2
 
 RUN make -j2 minitest devtty=/dev/zero | tee minitest_results.txt
 
+# temporary workaround for segfault. oddly enough,
+# it's not a segfault in the zip executable! alas, \
+RUN : \
+ && rm /usr/bin/zip \
+ && apk add --no-cache zip \
+;
+
 RUN : \
  && mkdir /perl/cosmo \
  && mkdir /perl/cosmo/o \