diff --git a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
index 9ec1e5b381..fc0d97e766 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provid
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="BASH_SHELL=/bin/sh \
-                           ac_cv_path_PERL= \
+                           ac_cv_path_PERL=no \
                            ac_cv_prog_MAKEINFO= \
                            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc \
                            --cache-file=config.cache \