diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index 92606c2f5d5..cfe60b9b05d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl'.
 pkgname=perl
 version=5.18.2
-revision=4
+revision=5
 hostmakedepends="which less"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel gdbm-devel db-devel>=5.3"
 short_desc="Practical Extraction and Report Language"
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		cp -f ${FILESDIR}/Configure.cross .
 
 		# substitute some required strings in generated config.sh
-		sed -e "s,@@XBPS_CROSS_ARCH@@,${XBPS_CROSS_ARCH},g" \
+		sed -e "s,@@XBPS_CROSS_ARCH@@,${XBPS_TARGET_ARCH},g" \
 			-e "s,@@XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET@@,${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET},g" \
 			-e "s,@@XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS@@,${XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS},g" \
 			-e "s,@@PERL_VERSION@@,${version},g" \