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diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-5.8.8/perl-dynloader.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-5.8.8/perl-dynloader.patch
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index 0000000000..e2dc774d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-5.8.8/perl-dynloader.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Allow the location that .so files are searched for for dynamic
+loading to be changed via an environment variable. This is to allow
+us to load .so's from the host system while building for the target
+system.
+
+--- perl-5.8.8/ext/DynaLoader/XSLoader_pm.PL    2007/04/20 09:03:08     1.1
++++ perl-5.8.8/ext/DynaLoader/XSLoader_pm.PL    2007/04/20 09:41:28
+@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@
+ print OUT <<'EOT';
+     my $modpname = join('/',@modparts);
+     my $modlibname = (caller())[1];
++    # OE: Allow env to form dynamic loader to look in a different place
++    # This is so it finds the host .so files, not the targets
++    if (defined $ENV{PERLHOSTLIB})
++    {
++        my $hostlib = $ENV{PERLHOSTLIB};
++        print STDERR "*** Module name IN: $modlibname\n";
++        $modlibname =~ s#(?<!/)(\.\./)*lib/#$hostlib#g;
++        print STDERR "*** Module name OUT: $modlibname\n";
++    }
+     my $c = @modparts;
+     $modlibname =~ s,[\\/][^\\/]+$,, while $c--;       # Q&D basename
+     my $file = "$modlibname/auto/$modpname/$modfname.$dl_dlext";