diff --git a/lang/perl-www-curl/patches/200-fix_default_lflags.patch b/lang/perl-www-curl/patches/200-fix_default_lflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f51eaf583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/perl-www-curl/patches/200-fix_default_lflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/Makefile.PL
++++ b/Makefile.PL
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ repository		'http://github.com/szbalint/
+ #print "The version is $version\n";
+ 
+ my @includes = qw();
+-my ($cflags,$lflags, $ldflags) = ('','','');
++my ($cflags,$lflags, $ldflags) = ('','-lcurl','');
+ 
+ # You may need to specify where to find curl.h on your platform
+ # These are guesses only, in case curl-config is not telling us.