diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index 7c7dde21c..465d5768c 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include perlver.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=perl
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PERL_VERSION)
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=\
 		https://cpan.metacpan.org/src/5.0 \
diff --git a/lang/perl/patches/301-fix_macos_static_linking.patch b/lang/perl/patches/301-fix_macos_static_linking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b4ef925e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/perl/patches/301-fix_macos_static_linking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
++++ b/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+@@ -2738,14 +2738,14 @@ sub _find_static_libs {
+ 
+ Called by a utility method of makeaperl. Checks whether a given file
+ is an XS library by seeing whether it defines any symbols starting
+-with C<boot_>.
++with C<boot_> (with an optional leading underscore – needed on MacOS).
+ 
+ =cut
+ 
+ sub xs_static_lib_is_xs {
+     my ($self, $libfile) = @_;
+     my $devnull = File::Spec->devnull;
+-    return `nm $libfile 2>$devnull` =~ /\bboot_/;
++    return `nm $libfile 2>$devnull` =~ /\b_?boot_/;
+ }
+ 
+ =item makefile (o)