diff --git a/package/base/perl5/perl5.conf b/package/base/perl5/perl5.conf
index c6720deb2..e6e1ddd74 100644
--- a/package/base/perl5/perl5.conf
+++ b/package/base/perl5/perl5.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # 
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 
 runconfig=0
 
-confopt="-des -Dprefix=$root/usr -Darchname=$arch_target \
+confopt="-des -Dprefix=/usr -Dinstallprefix=$root/usr -Darchname=$arch_target \
 	-Dmyhostname=$ROCKCFG_PKG_PERL5_HOST_NAME \
 	-Dsiteprefix=/$ROCKCFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX \
 	-Dvendorprefix=/$ROCKCFG_PKG_PERL5_VENDOR_PREFIX"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ confopt="-des -Dprefix=$root/usr -Darchname=$arch_target \
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS" = "1" ] && confopt="$confopt -Dusethreads"
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PERL5_USE_DB3" = "1" ] && patchfiles="$patchfiles $confdir/use_db3.diff"
 
-if [ "$stagelevel" -le 1 ] ; then
+if [ "$stagelevel" -le 2 ] ; then
 	custmain=pkg_perl_custmain
 else
 	hook_add preconf 2  "( rm -f config.sh Policy.sh; sh Configure \$confopt; )"
@@ -38,22 +39,29 @@ else
 fi
 
 pkg_perl_custmain () {
-	sed -i -e 's/miniperl/miniperl-cross/g' \
-		ext/util/make_ext x2p/Makefile.SH utils/Makefile
-	CC=gcc ./configure.gnu --prefix=$root/usr -Dstatic_ext='Data/Dumper IO Fcntl POSIX'
+	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" = 1 ] ; then
+		sed -i -e 's/miniperl/miniperl-cross/g' \
+			ext/util/make_ext x2p/Makefile.SH utils/Makefile
+	fi
 
-	make miniperl
-	mv miniperl miniperl-cross
+	rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
+	eval sh Configure $confopt -Dstatic_ext='Data/Dumper IO Fcntl POSIX'
 
-	make clean
+	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" = 1 ] ; then
+		make miniperl
+		mv miniperl miniperl-cross
 
-	sed -i -e "s@\(^ar=\).*@\1'${AR}'@g" \
-	-e "s@\(^ranlib=\).*@\1'${RANLIB}'@g" \
-	-e "s@\(^cc=\).*@\1'${CC} ${BUILD32}'@g" \
-	-e "s@\(^ld=\).*@\1'${CC} ${BUILD32}'@g" config.sh
-	make miniperl
+		make clean
+
+		sed -i -e "s@\(^ar=\).*@\1'${AR}'@g" \
+		-e "s@\(^ranlib=\).*@\1'${RANLIB}'@g" \
+		-e "s@\(^cc=\).*@\1'${CC}'@g" \
+		-e "s@\(^ld=\).*@\1'${CC}'@g" config.sh
+		make miniperl
+
+		sed -i -e 's|(LDLIBPTH) ./miniperl|(LDLIBPTH) ./miniperl-cross|g' Makefile
+	fi
 
-	sed -i -e 's|(LDLIBPTH) ./miniperl|(LDLIBPTH) ./miniperl-cross|g' Makefile
 	make perl utilities
 
 	cp perl pod/pod2man $root/usr/bin