diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3ab2aa6df7..239d34fdcd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ if test $ol_enable_perl = yes ; then
 	fi
 
 	SLAPD_PERL_LDFLAGS="`$PERLBIN -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts|sed -e s/-lc//`"
-	SLAPD_PERL_CPPFLAGS="`$PERLBIN -MExtUtils::Embed -e perl_inc`"
+	SLAPD_PERL_CPPFLAGS="`$PERLBIN -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts`"
 fi
 
 AC_PROG_CPP