1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
index 5b0ad61b4c..2eb8162314 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #
 inherit cpan-base perlnative
 
+EXTRA_CPAN_BUILD_FLAGS ?= ""
+
 # Env var which tells perl if it should use host (no) or target (yes) settings
 export PERLCONFIGTARGET = "${@is_target(d)}"
 export PERL_ARCHLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}${PERL_OWN_DIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
@@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ cpan_build_do_configure () {
                                 --install_path script=${bindir} \
                                 --install_path bin=${bindir} \
                                 --install_path bindoc=${mandir}/man1 \
-                                --install_path libdoc=${mandir}/man3
+                                --install_path libdoc=${mandir}/man3 \
+                                ${EXTRA_CPAN_BUILD_FLAGS}
 }
 
 cpan_build_do_compile () {