diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index 443164f0a..99302cb1a 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:=6
+PKG_RELEASE:=7
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=\
 		https://cpan.metacpan.org/src/5.0 \
diff --git a/lang/perl/files/powerpc64.config b/lang/perl/files/powerpc64.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bd432077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/perl/files/powerpc64.config
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+owrt:arch=powerpc
+owrt:bits=64
+owrt:endian=big
+
+ccsymbols='__gnu_linux__=1 __linux=1 __linux__=1 __unix=1 __unix__=1 system=linux system=posix system=unix'
+cppccsymbols='linux=1 unix=1'
+cppsymbols='_BIG_ENDIAN=1 __BIG_ENDIAN__=1 __ELF__=1 _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 __GLIBC__=2 __GLIBC_MINOR__=2 __GNUC__=3 __GNUC_MINOR__=4 __GNU_LIBRARY__=6 _LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L _POSIX_SOURCE=1 __STDC__=1 __USE_BSD=1 __USE_FILE_OFFSET64=1 __USE_LARGEFILE=1 __USE_MISC=1 __USE_POSIX=1 __USE_POSIX199309=1 __USE_POSIX199506=1 __USE_POSIX2=1 __USE_SVID=1 __linux=1 __linux__=1 __unix=1 __unix__=1'
+d_casti32='undef'
+d_double_style_ieee='define'
+d_modflproto='undef'
+doublekind='4'
+fpossize='24'
+longdblkind='0'
+need_va_copy='define'
+quadkind='3'
+
+owrt:sig_count='64'
+owrt:sigs='ZERO HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP ABRT BUS FPE KILL USR1 SEGV USR2 PIPE ALRM TERM STKFLT CHLD CONT STOP TSTP TTIN TTOU URG XCPU XFSZ VTALRM PROF WINCH IO PWR SYS'
+owrt:sig_name_extra='IOT CLD POLL UNUSED'
+owrt:sig_num_extra='6 17 29 31'