diff --git a/srcpkgs/weechat/template b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
index aa5a5a5228..2246aab1f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weechat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'weechat'
 pkgname=weechat
 version=2.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_MAN=ON -DENABLE_ENCHANT=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2.7 -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python-devel libgcrypt-devel tcl-devel asciidoc"
 makedepends="tcl-devel enchant-devel libgcrypt-devel gnutls-devel
- python-devel ruby-devel lua-devel libcurl-devel"
+ python-devel ruby-devel lua-devel libcurl-devel perl"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 short_desc="Fast, light and extensible IRC client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@ homepage="https://www.weechat.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/files/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=b6e1ea2ca6c70d6909d2a52da386d60f6c22478de128b05ded844c318fa1a149
 
-subpackages="weechat-aspell weechat-devel weechat-ruby weechat-python weechat-tcl weechat-lua"
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	makedepends+=" perl"
-	subpackages+=" weechat-perl"
+subpackages="weechat-aspell weechat-devel weechat-ruby weechat-python weechat-tcl weechat-lua weechat-perl"
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	_perlpath="${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE"
+	configure_args+=" -DPERL_FOUND=1
+	 -DPERL_EXECUTABLE=0
+	 -DPERL_INCLUDE_PATH=$_perlpath
+	 -DPERL_LIBRARY=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libperl.so
+	 -DPERL_CFLAGS=-I$_perlpath
+	 -DPERL_LFLAGS=-L$_perlpath"
 fi
 
 post_extract() {