diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index 47a1b0485ea..c0878d3f4f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ do_install() {
 		make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 	fi
 
-	# Set proper perms to shared libs.
-	find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name \*.so -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 	# Make a link from perl${version} to perl.
 	ln -sf perl${version} ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/perl