diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb
index be41578..fff29ac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;beginline=2;endline=6;md5=c8767d7516229f07b26e
 
 DEPENDS += "expat expat-native"
 
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML/XML-Parser-${PV}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c320d2ffa459e6cdc6f9f59c1185855e"
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b48197cd2265a26c5f016489f11a7b450d8833cb8b3d6a46ee15975740
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/XML-Parser-${PV}"
 
-EXTRA_CPANFLAGS = "EXPATLIBPATH=${STAGING_LIBDIR} EXPATINCPATH=${STAGING_INCDIR}"
+EXTRA_CPANFLAGS = "EXPATLIBPATH=${STAGING_LIBDIR} EXPATINCPATH=${STAGING_INCDIR} CC=${CC} LD=${LD} FULL_AR=${AR}"
 
 inherit cpan
 
+# fix up sub MakeMaker project as arguments don't get propagated though
+# see https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=28632
+do_configure_append() {
+	sed 's/--sysroot=.*\(\s\|$\)/--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} /g' -i Makefile Expat/Makefile
+	sed 's/^FULL_AR = .*/FULL_AR = ${AR}/g' Expat/Makefile
+}
+
 do_compile() {
 	export LIBC="$(find ${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/${base_libdir}/ -name 'libc-*.so')"
 	cpan_do_compile