diff --git a/package/perl/perl.mk b/package/perl/perl.mk
index 7192700410..d35e05cb16 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.mk
+++ b/package/perl/perl.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ define PERL_CROSS_EXTRACT
 	$(TAR) --strip-components=1 -C $(@D) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
 endef
 PERL_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += PERL_CROSS_EXTRACT
+HOST_PERL_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += PERL_CROSS_EXTRACT
 
 define PERL_CROSS_SET_POD
 	$(SED) s/$(PERL_CROSS_OLD_POD)/$(PERL_CROSS_NEW_POD)/g $(@D)/Makefile