diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/patches/perl-link.patch b/srcpkgs/hexchat/patches/perl-link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f536ef2fb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/patches/perl-link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- plugins/perl/meson.build.orig	2018-08-15 13:30:17.108881970 +0200
++++ plugins/perl/meson.build	2018-08-15 13:30:36.682882751 +0200
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ perl_ldflags = []
+ perl_rpath = ''
+ foreach flag : ret.stdout().strip().split(' ')
+-  if flag.startswith('-L') or flag.startswith('-l')
++  if flag.startswith('-l')
+     perl_ldflags += flag
+   endif
+   if flag.startswith('-Wl,-rpath,')
+@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
+   endif
+ endforeach
+ 
++perl_ldflags += '-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE'
++
+ perl_cflags += [
+   # Perl has its own 'config.h' that we must override
+   # TODO: Just rename ours to something more unique.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
index 718633b630e..dfa04fb8bc8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'hexchat'
 pkgname=hexchat
 version=2.14.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dwith-dbus=true -Dwith-ssl=true -Dwith-text=false
  -Dwith-perl=true -Dwith-python=python3"