diff --git a/lang/perl/perlbase.mk b/lang/perl/perlbase.mk
index 4001055d4f..8fa372ca2d 100644
--- a/lang/perl/perlbase.mk
+++ b/lang/perl/perlbase.mk
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ TITLE:=charnames perl module
 endef
 
 define Package/perlbase-charnames/install
-$(call perlmod/Install,$(1),charnames.pm,)
+$(call perlmod/Install,$(1),charnames.pm _charnames.pm,)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,perlbase-charnames))