diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
index fac074d..9a2ad89 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 }
 
 cpan_build_do_compile () {
-        perl Build verbose=1
+        perl Build --perl "${bindir}/perl" verbose=1
 }
 
 cpan_build_do_install () {