diff --git a/package/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/perl-extutils-pkgconfig.mk b/package/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/perl-extutils-pkgconfig.mk
index ba85b36187..cb11e9f588 100644
--- a/package/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/perl-extutils-pkgconfig.mk
+++ b/package/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/perl-extutils-pkgconfig.mk
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ PERL_EXTUTILS_PKGCONFIG_DISTNAME = ExtUtils-PkgConfig
 
 HOST_PERL_EXTUTILS_PKGCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
+HOST_PERL_EXTUTILS_PKGCONFIG_CONF_ENV = PATH=$(BR_PATH)
+
 $(eval $(host-perl-package))