diff --git a/apkbuild-cpan.in b/apkbuild-cpan.in
index 792c7363cab205a81b4bad2ef8a213dd492ec8de..96df111a67073ebe9c351c7ab63e3fa917846394 100755
--- a/apkbuild-cpan.in
+++ b/apkbuild-cpan.in
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ EOF
 		$build_func = <<'EOF';
 build() {
 	cd "$_builddir"
+        export CFLAGS=`perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}'`
 	./Build && ./Build test
 }
 EOF