diff --git a/groups.d/010.host_deps.d/perl_host.package b/groups.d/010.host_deps.d/perl_host.package
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+++ b/groups.d/010.host_deps.d/perl_host.package
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+: ${PKG_PERL_HOST_SHA256SUM:=e26085af8ac396f62add8a533c3a0ea8c8497d836f0689347ac5abd7b7a4e00a};
+: ${PKG_PERL_HOST_VERSION:=5.36.0};
+: ${PKG_PERL_HOST_URL:=http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${PKG_PERL_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_PERL_HOST_CONFIGURE:=perl-${PKG_PERL_HOST_VERSION}/Configure};
+: ${PKG_PERL_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="-Dprefix=${PREFIX} -d -e"};
+: ${PKG_PERL_HOST_IN_TREE:=1};
+
+ex_pkg_register "perl_host" "${RTL_FILEOP_SOURCE_FNAME}" "host_deps";
+
+# vim:filetype=sh textwidth=0