diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/Makefile
index 51beaf755259..e13d39f1288e 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PLIBDIR= /usr/share/perl
+PLIBDIR= /usr/lib/perl
 
 PLIB+= abbrev.pl assert.pl bigfloat.pl bigint.pl bigrat.pl cacheout.pl
 PLIB+= chat2.pl complete.pl ctime.pl dumpvar.pl exceptions.pl fastcwd.pl