diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index 64f8078aa4e..6700db7369f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	# perl-cross autodetection fails. Need perl -V:lseeksize = 8.
 	# (default on musl.)
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686|armv6l|armv7l|aarch64)
+	i686|armv5tel|armv6l|armv7l|aarch64)
 		LDFLAGS+="-pthread"
 		HOSTLDFLAGS+="-pthread"
 		export HOSTLDFLAGS