diff --git a/lang/perl/files/base.config b/lang/perl/files/base.config
index 5059afd36..ce1ae5ab6 100644
--- a/lang/perl/files/base.config
+++ b/lang/perl/files/base.config
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ ccflags="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 $owrt:cflags"
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccdlflags="-fPIC -Wl,-rpath,$owrt:perllibpath/CORE"
 cccdlflags='-fPIC'
-ldflags=''
+ldflags="$owrt:ldflags"
 ldflags_uselargefiles=''
 lddlflags="-shared $owrt:ldflags"