diff --git a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
index 9db4173cc9b..c89633c12de 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rxvt-unicode'
 pkgname=rxvt-unicode
 version=9.26
-revision=11
+revision=12
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="
  --with-terminfo=/usr/share/terminfo --enable-256-color
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ do_configure() {
 	fi
 }
 
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ "$build_option_perl" ]; then
+		sed -i 's/rxvt_perl_link=no/rxvt_perl_link=yes/' configure
+		sed -i '/PERLFLAGS=/d' configure
+	fi
+}
+
 pre_install() {
 	export TERMINFO="${DESTDIR}/usr/share/terminfo"
 	mkdir -p $TERMINFO