diff --git a/perl/perl/perl.conf b/perl/perl/perl.conf
index 75f6518c9..17ccfd057 100644
--- a/perl/perl/perl.conf
+++ b/perl/perl/perl.conf
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ extraconfopt=
 makeinstopt="install"
 
 if ! atstage native; then
-	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--target=$arch_target" 
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--target=$arch_target"
 	var_insert makeinstopt ' ' "DESTDIR=$root"
 fi
 
 # let -D and -U override definitions from loaded configuration file
 var_append extraconfopt ' ' "-O"
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "-Dusevendorprefix"
 
 # build a shared libperl
 if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" != 1 ]; then