diff --git a/package/perl/perl.mk b/package/perl/perl.mk
index 09b1aa77d0..3c3348a1ed 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.mk
+++ b/package/perl/perl.mk
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ PERL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dld="$(TARGET_CC_NOCCACHE)" \
 	-Dccflags="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 	-Dldflags="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lm" \
+	-Dmultiarch \
 	-Dmydomain="" \
 	-Dmyhostname="$(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME)" \
 	-Dmyuname="Buildroot $(BR2_VERSION_FULL)" \