Index: pidgin-2.7.3/libpurple/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
===================================================================
--- pidgin-2.7.3.orig/libpurple/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
+++ pidgin-2.7.3/libpurple/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
       (ABSTRACT_FROM    => '@srcdir@/Purple.pm', # finds $ABSTRACT
        AUTHOR           => 'Purple <http://pidgin.im/>') : ()),
     'DEFINE'            => '@DEBUG_CFLAGS@',
+    'dynamic_lib'       => { 'OTHERLDFLAGS' => '@LDFLAGS@' },
     'INC'               => '-I. -I@srcdir@ -I@top_srcdir@ -I@top_srcdir@/libpurple @GLIB_CFLAGS@',
     'OBJECT'            => '$(O_FILES)', # link all the C files too
 #    'OPTIMIZE'          => '-g', # For debugging
Index: pidgin-2.7.3/pidgin/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
===================================================================
--- pidgin-2.7.3.orig/pidgin/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
+++ pidgin-2.7.3/pidgin/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
     'INC'           => '-I. -I@srcdir@ -I@top_srcdir@ -I@top_srcdir@/libpurple -I@top_srcdir@/pidgin @GTK_CFLAGS@',
     'OBJECT'        => '$(O_FILES)', # link all the C files too
     'TYPEMAPS'      => ["@top_srcdir@/libpurple/plugins/perl/common/typemap"],
-#    'OPTIMIZE'      => '-g', # For debugging.
+    'OPTIMIZE'      => '@CFLAGS@ @LDFLAGS@',
     'INSTALLDIRS'          => 'vendor',
     'INSTALL_BASE'         => '$(prefix)',
     'INSTALLVENDORARCH'    => '$(libdir)/pidgin/perl',