diff -rup a/swig/perl/GNUmakefile b/swig/perl/GNUmakefile
--- a/swig/perl/GNUmakefile	2015-06-14 21:06:33.000000000 +0200
+++ b/swig/perl/GNUmakefile	2015-07-26 19:09:56.184743728 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ 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	2015-06-14 21:06:33.000000000 +0200
+++ b/swig/perl/Makefile	2015-07-26 19:09:30.598745454 +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