diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.1.bb
index 42bcb8b1bc68..619152256110 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.1.bb
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ do_configure:class-target() {
     -Dlibpth='${libdir} ${base_libdir}' \
     -Dglibpth='${libdir} ${base_libdir}' \
     -Alddlflags=' ${LDFLAGS}' \
+    -Dd_gnulibc=define \
     ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS}
 
     #perl.c uses an ARCHLIB_EXP define to generate compile-time code that