--- plugins/perl/meson.build.orig	2018-08-29 16:41:08 UTC
+++ plugins/perl/meson.build
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ endforeach
 perl_cflags += [
   # Perl has its own 'config.h' that we must override
   # TODO: Just rename ours to something more unique.
-  '-include', meson.build_root() + '/config.h'
+  '-include', meson.build_root() + '/config.h', '-I%%PREFIX%%/lib/perl5/%%PERL_VER%%/mach/CORE', '-L%%PREFIX%%/lib/perl5/%%PERL_VER%%/mach/CORE', '-lperl'
 ]
 
 if not cc.links('''