diff --git a/develop/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.12-perl-vendor-install.patch b/develop/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.12-perl-vendor-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f88fc221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/develop/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.12-perl-vendor-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.12-perl-vendor-install.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Description: Install perl modules into perl's 'vendor' directory
+
+According to http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/INSTALL#Installation_Directories
+this is the right place for distributions which build binary packages of perl
+add-on modules.
+
+--- xapian-bindings-1.2.12/configure.ac.orig	2012-08-01 14:16:24.398047048 +0200
++++ xapian-bindings-1.2.12/configure.ac	2012-08-01 14:20:19.490029607 +0200
+@@ -888,13 +888,13 @@
+ 
+     AC_ARG_VAR(PERL_ARCH, [Directory to install architecture-dependent perl files into])
+     if test -z "$PERL_ARCH" ; then
+-      PERL_ARCH=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installsitearch}'`
++      PERL_ARCH=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installvendorarch}'`
+     fi
+     AC_SUBST(PERL_ARCH)
+ 
+     AC_ARG_VAR(PERL_LIB, [Directory to install architecture-independent perl files into])
+     if test -z "$PERL_LIB" ; then
+-      PERL_LIB=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installsitelib}'`
++      PERL_LIB=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installvendorlib}'`
+     fi
+     AC_SUBST(PERL_LIB)
+ 
+--- xapian-bindings-1.2.12/configure.orig	2012-08-01 14:16:28.434404225 +0200
++++ xapian-bindings-1.2.12/configure	2012-08-01 14:20:42.512886809 +0200
+@@ -17313,13 +17313,13 @@
+ 
+ 
+     if test -z "$PERL_ARCH" ; then
+-      PERL_ARCH=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installsitearch}'`
++      PERL_ARCH=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installvendorarch}'`
+     fi
+ 
+ 
+ 
+     if test -z "$PERL_LIB" ; then
+-      PERL_LIB=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installsitelib}'`
++      PERL_LIB=`$PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{installvendorlib}'`
+     fi
+ 
+