diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index 4d5ce8dec1e..1099d561298 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ do_configure() {
 		-Dcccdlflags="-fPIC" \
 		-Doptimize="${CFLAGS}" -Dccflags="${CFLAGS}" \
 		-Dlddlflags="-shared ${LDFLAGS}" -Dldflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
-		-Dperl_static_inline='static __inline__' -Dd_static_inline
+		-Dperl_static_inline='static __inline__' -Dd_static_inline ||
+	{
+		cat ./config.log
+		return 42
+	}
 }
 
 post_install() {