--- perl-5.16.3.ebuild
+++ perl-5.16.3.ebuild
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ EAPI=5
 inherit eutils alternatives flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs multilib multiprocessing
 
 PATCH_VER=1
+CROSS_VER="0.7.4"
 
 PERL_OLDVERSEN="5.16.2 5.16.1 5.16.0"
 MODULE_AUTHOR=RJBS
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ SRC_URI="
 	mirror://cpan/authors/id/${MODULE_AUTHOR:0:1}/${MODULE_AUTHOR:0:2}/${MODULE_AUTHOR}/${MY_P}.tar.bz2
 	mirror://gentoo/${MY_P}-${PATCH_VER}.tar.bz2
 	http://dev.gentoo.org/~tove/distfiles/${CATEGORY}/${PN}/${MY_P}-${PATCH_VER}.tar.bz2
+	${CROSS_VER:+mirror://berlios/perlcross/${P}-cross-${CROSS_VER}.tar.gz}
 "
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.perl.org/"
 
--- files/eblits/src_configure-v50160001.eblit
+++ files/eblits/src_configure-v50160001.eblit
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ eblit-perl-src_configure() {
 
 	myconf "-${myndbm}i_ndbm" "-${mygdbm}i_gdbm" "-${mydb}i_db"
 
-	if use alpha && [[ "$(tc-getCC)" = "ccc" ]] ; then
+	tc-export CC
+
+	if use alpha && [[ "${CC}" == "ccc" ]] ; then
 		ewarn "Perl will not be built with berkdb support, use gcc if you needed it..."
 		myconf -Ui_db -Ui_ndbm
 	fi
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ eblit-perl-src_configure() {
 		echo "int main() {}" > "${T}"/t.c
 		# need to ensure dirs contain compatible libs,
 		# bugs #358875, #400839, use scanelf for #425538
-		$(tc-getCC) -o "${T}"/t "${T}"/t.c > /dev/null || die
+		${CC} -o "${T}"/t "${T}"/t.c > /dev/null || die
 		local scantool=scanelf
 		[[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] && scantool=scanmacho
 		local mtype=$(${scantool} -BF "%M%D#f" "${T}"/t)
@@ -104,11 +106,10 @@ eblit-perl-src_configure() {
 	# don't try building ODBM, bug #354453
 	myconf -Dnoextensions=ODBM_File
 
-	sh Configure \
-		-des \
+	set -- \
 		-Duseshrplib \
 		-Darchname="${myarch}" \
-		-Dcc="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		-Dcc="${CC}" \
 		-Doptimize="${CFLAGS}" \
 		-Dldflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
 		-Dprefix="${EPREFIX}"'/usr' \
@@ -138,8 +139,20 @@ eblit-perl-src_configure() {
 		-Dcf_by='Gentoo' \
 		-Dmyhostname='localhost' \
 		-Dperladmin='root@localhost' \
-		-Dinstallusrbinperl='n' \
+		-Dinstallusrbinperl='undef' \
 		-Ud_csh \
 		-Uusenm \
-		"${myconf[@]}" || die "Unable to configure"
+		"${myconf[@]}"
+	if tc-is-cross-compiler ; then
+		set -- \
+		./configure \
+			--target=${CHOST} \
+			--sysroot="${SYSROOT:-$(${CC} -print-sysroot)}" \
+			 "$@"
+		MAKEOPTS+=" -j1"
+	else
+		set -- sh Configure -des "$@"
+	fi
+	printf '%q ' "$@"; echo
+	"$@" || die
 }