diff --git a/classes/cpan_build.bbclass b/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
index d1bbc4f..070e061 100644
--- a/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cpan_build_do_configure () {
               # build for target
               . ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl/config.sh
               perl Build.PL --installdirs vendor \
+                       --config cc="${CC} ${LDFLAGS}" --config
ld="${CCLD} ${LDFLAGS}" \
                       --destdir ${D} \
                       --install_path lib="${datadir}/perl5" \