diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
index 2e9432c..957a6e2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ cpan_do_configure () {
 			test -f $f2 || continue
 			sed -i -e "s:\(PERL_ARCHLIB = \).*:\1${PERL_ARCHLIB}:" \
 				-e 's/perl.real/perl/' \
+				-e "s/^\(CCFLAGS =.*\)/\1 ${CFLAGS}/" \
 				$f2
 		done
 	fi
 }
 
 cpan_do_compile () {
-	oe_runmake PASTHRU_INC="${CFLAGS}" CCFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LD="${CCLD}"
+	oe_runmake PASTHRU_INC="${CFLAGS}" LD="${CCLD}"
 }
 
 cpan_do_install () {