diff --git a/templates/perl.tmpl b/templates/perl.tmpl
index 10e3a067449..56c910e60fa 100644
--- a/templates/perl.tmpl
+++ b/templates/perl.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ version=5.10.0
 distfiles="http://www.cpan.org/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 configure_script="./Configure"
 configure_args="-Dusethreads -des -Dprefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr
- -Duselargefiles -Uusesfio -Dinstallstyle=lib/perl5 -Uinstallusrbinperl"
+ -Duselargefiles -Uusesfio -Dinstallstyle=lib/perl5 -Uinstallusrbinperl
+ -Dman1dir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr/share/man/man1
+ -Dman3dir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr/share/man/man3"
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="Practical Extraction and Report Language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"