diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
index 1cfd022..9b8431b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export PERLCONFIGTARGET = "${@is_target(d)}"
 export PERL_INC = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}/CORE"
 export PERL_LIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
 export PERL_ARCHLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
+export PERLHOSTLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}/"
 
 cpan_do_configure () {
 	export PERL5LIB="${PERL_ARCHLIB}"