diff --git a/package/perl-net-ssleay/perl-net-ssleay.mk b/package/perl-net-ssleay/perl-net-ssleay.mk
index 4a362fb975..6b21eb2fad 100644
--- a/package/perl-net-ssleay/perl-net-ssleay.mk
+++ b/package/perl-net-ssleay/perl-net-ssleay.mk
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ PERL_NET_SSLEAY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 # suffers from: don't search for openssl, they pick the host-system one.
 PERL_NET_SSLEAY_CONF_ENV = OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 
+define PERL_NET_SSLEAY_FIX_MAKEFILE
+	$(SED) "s/^LDDLFLAGS = '\(.*\)'/LDDLFLAGS = \1/" $(@D)/Makefile
+endef
+PERL_NET_SSLEAY_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += PERL_NET_SSLEAY_FIX_MAKEFILE
+
 $(eval $(perl-package))