diff --git a/package/pkg-perl.mk b/package/pkg-perl.mk
index 2888872dc8..ebc6710bd4 100644
--- a/package/pkg-perl.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-perl.mk
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			LD="$$(TARGET_CC)" \
 			LDDLFLAGS="-shared $$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 			LDFLAGS="$$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
-			PERL_INC=$$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/$$(PERL_INSTALL_NAME)/$$(PERL_VERSION)/$$(PERL_ARCHNAME)/CORE \
+			PERL_INC=$$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/$$(PERL_VERSION)/$$(PERL_ARCHNAME)/CORE \
 			DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) \
 			INSTALLDIRS=vendor \
 			INSTALLVENDORLIB=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/$$(PERL_VERSION) \