diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index c4d9d64de3..109a4c1154 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                        "perl-reproducible-build-date.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(#:tests? #f
+     `(#:tests? #f
        #:configure-flags
        (let ((out  (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
              (libc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc")))
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@
          (add-after 'install 'remove-extra-references
            (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
              (let* ((out     (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                    (libc    (assoc-ref inputs "libc"))
+                    (libc    (assoc-ref inputs
+                                        ,(if (%current-target-system)
+                                             "cross-libc"
+                                             "libc")))
                     (config1 (car (find-files (string-append out "/lib/perl5")
                                               "^Config_heavy\\.pl$")))
                     (config2 (find-files (string-append out "/lib/perl5")