diff -rup a/swig/perl/GNUmakefile b/swig/perl/GNUmakefile
--- a/swig/perl/GNUmakefile	2017-04-28 18:07:38.000000000 +0200
+++ b/swig/perl/GNUmakefile	2017-05-19 21:09:04.906101672 +0200
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ build: gdal_wrap.cc Makefile_Geo__GDAL
 gdal_wrap.cc: generate
 
 Makefile_Geo__GDAL:
-	perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=$(INST_PREFIX)
+	perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
 
 test: build
 	$(MAKE) -f Makefile_Geo__GDAL test
diff -rup a/swig/perl/Makefile b/swig/perl/Makefile
--- a/swig/perl/Makefile	2017-04-28 18:07:38.000000000 +0200
+++ b/swig/perl/Makefile	2017-05-19 21:09:20.618146109 +0200
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build: Makefile_Geo__GDAL
 	$(MAKE) -f Makefile_Geo__OSR
 
 Makefile_Geo__GDAL:
-	perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=$(INST_PREFIX)
+	perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
 
 test: build
 	$(MAKE) -f Makefile_Geo__GDAL test