diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index 4fdc6628b..bcf0bf68d 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=perl
 PKG_VERSION:=5.20.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
-PKG_MD5SUM:=406ec049ebe3afcc80d9c76ec78ca4f8
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.20.0.tar.gz \
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/5.0
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=406ec049ebe3afcc80d9c76ec78ca4f8
 
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv1 ARTISTIC
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv1+ ARTISTIC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=Copying Artistic README
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Marcel Denia <naoir@gmx.net>
 
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_USE_EGLIBC),)
 	EXTRA_LIBS:=bsd
 	EXTRA_LIBDIRS:=$(STAGING_DIR)/lib
 endif
+# Filter -g3, it will break Compress-Raw-Zlib
+TARGET_CFLAGS_PERL:=$(patsubst -g3,-g,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
+TARGET_CPPFLAGS_PERL:=$(patsubst -g3,-g,$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS))
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ endef
 define Build/Configure
 	sed \
 		-e 's!%%CC%%!$(TARGET_CC)!g' \
-		-e 's!%%CFLAGS%%!$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)!g' \
+		-e 's!%%CFLAGS%%!$(TARGET_CFLAGS_PERL) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS_PERL)!g' \
 		-e 's!%%CPP%%!$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc -E!g' \
 		-e 's!%%AR%%!$(TARGET_CROSS)ar!g' \
 		-e 's!%%LD%%!$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc!g' \
@@ -94,6 +97,11 @@ define Build/Compile
 	+$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
 endef
 
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/perl5/5.20/CORE
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/5.20/CORE/*.h $(1)/usr/lib/perl5/5.20/CORE/
+endef
+
 define Package/perl/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/perl$(PKG_VERSION) $(1)/usr/bin
diff --git a/lang/perl/files/config.sh-arm.in b/lang/perl/files/config.sh-arm.in
index a7c197d0a..7d6d0cd25 100644
--- a/lang/perl/files/config.sh-arm.in
+++ b/lang/perl/files/config.sh-arm.in
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ html1direxp=''
 html3dir=' '
 html3direxp=''
 i16size='2'
-i16type='short'
+i16type='signed short'
 i32size='4'
-i32type='long'
+i32type='signed long'
 i64size='8'
-i64type='long long'
+i64type='signed long long'
 i8size='1'
-i8type='char'
+i8type='signed char'
 i_arpainet='define'
 i_bsdioctl=''
 i_crypt='define'
diff --git a/lang/perl/files/config.sh-armeb.in b/lang/perl/files/config.sh-armeb.in
index e56d51f36..e180a5cca 100644
--- a/lang/perl/files/config.sh-armeb.in
+++ b/lang/perl/files/config.sh-armeb.in
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ html1direxp=''
 html3dir=' '
 html3direxp=''
 i16size='2'
-i16type='short'
+i16type='signed short'
 i32size='4'
-i32type='long'
+i32type='signed long'
 i64size='8'
-i64type='long long'
+i64type='signed long long'
 i8size='1'
-i8type='char'
+i8type='signed char'
 i_arpainet='define'
 i_bsdioctl=''
 i_crypt='define'
diff --git a/lang/perl/files/config.sh-x86_64.in b/lang/perl/files/config.sh-x86_64.in
index ebbb34b1d..203edf845 100644
--- a/lang/perl/files/config.sh-x86_64.in
+++ b/lang/perl/files/config.sh-x86_64.in
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ fflushall='undef'
 find=''
 firstmakefile='makefile'
 flex=''
-fpossize='20'
+fpossize='16'
 fpostype='fpos_t'
 freetype='void'
 from=':'
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ i32type='int'
 i64size='8'
 i64type='long'
 i8size='1'
-i8type='char'
+i8type='signed char'
 i_arpainet='define'
 i_bsdioctl=''
 i_crypt='define'
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
-targetarch='i386-linux-uclibc'
+targetarch='x86_64-linux-uclibc'
 tbl=''
 tee=''
 test='test'
diff --git a/lang/perl/perlbase.mk b/lang/perl/perlbase.mk
index fa3c472ab..3dc451c55 100644
--- a/lang/perl/perlbase.mk
+++ b/lang/perl/perlbase.mk
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ TITLE:=essential perl module
 endef
 
 define Package/perlbase-essential/install
-$(call perlmod/Install,$(1),Carp Carp.pm Exporter Exporter.pm constant.pm lib.pm locale.pm overload.pm strict.pm subs.pm vars.pm warnings warnings.pm,)
+$(call perlmod/Install,$(1),Carp Carp.pm Exporter Exporter.pm constant.pm lib.pm locale.pm overload.pm strict.pm subs.pm vars.pm warnings warnings.pm overloading.pm,)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,perlbase-essential))
diff --git a/lang/perl/perlmod.mk b/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
index ab2f4feda..05bcc5e74 100644
--- a/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
+++ b/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define perlmod/Configure
 		$(1) \
 		AR=ar \
 		CC=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-gcc \
+		CCFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" \
 		CCCDLFLAGS=-fPIC \
 		CCDLFLAGS=-Wl,-E \
 		DLEXT=so \
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ define perlmod/Configure
 		LINKTYPE=dynamic \
 		DESTDIR=$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR) \
 	);
+	sed 's!^PERL_INC = .*!PERL_INC = $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/5.20/CORE/!' -i $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/Makefile
 endef
 
 define perlmod/Compile
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ define perlmod/Install
 	@echo "---> Stripping modules in: $(strip $(1))$(PERL_SITELIB)"
 	find $(strip $(1))$(PERL_SITELIB) -name \*.pm -or -name \*.pl | \
 	xargs -r sed -i \
-		-e '/^=\(head\|pod\|item\|over\|back\)/,/^=cut/d' \
-		-e '/^=\(head\|pod\|item\|over\|back\)/,$$$$d' \
+		-e '/^=\(head\|pod\|item\|over\|back\|encoding\)/,/^=cut/d' \
+		-e '/^=\(head\|pod\|item\|over\|back\|encoding\)/,$$$$d' \
 		-e '/^#$$$$/d' \
 		-e '/^#[^!"'"'"']/d'
 endef