diff --git a/perl-wrapper.be0 b/perl-wrapper.be0
index 6fd115768..96fee891a 100755
--- a/perl-wrapper.be0
+++ b/perl-wrapper.be0
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ mee_install() {
     ; do
         ln "$B/wrapper" "$D$BINDIR/$cmd"
     done
+    mkdir -p "$D$PREFIX/local/bin"
+    ln -s "$BINDIR/perl" "$D$PREFIX/local/bin/perl"
 }
 ## by default this may be 'make install DESTDIR="${D}"'