diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index 6a6dd5ea8..6ad27818e 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ endef
 
 # Target perl
 define Build/Configure
+	# We don't want to pass -Ilib to host perl in the target build (as lib
+	# contains the target libraries, and files may currently be written
+	# while being imported in parallel builds). We do however need the
+	# target versions of the Config modules at the beginning of the include
+	# path for the build scripts' use.
+	#
+	# Create an alternative lib_build directory that will be added to the
+	# include path instead of lib (using hostperl-wrapper), containing only
+	# the config modules.
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib_build
+	ln -sf ../lib/Config.pm ../lib/Config_heavy.pl ../lib/Config_git.pl $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib_build/
+
+	install -m0755 files/hostperl-wrapper $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/hostperl-wrapper
+	sed -i "s'@HOST_PERL@'$(HOST_PERL_PREFIX)/bin/perl'g" $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/hostperl-wrapper
+
 	$(PERL_CMD) files/perlconfig.pl -Dowrt:target_cc='$(TARGET_CC)' \
 	                                -Dowrt:gccversion=$(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION) \
 	                                -Dowrt:target_cross='$(TARGET_CROSS)' \
diff --git a/lang/perl/files/base.config b/lang/perl/files/base.config
index 7d8b88b20..1cadfc10a 100644
--- a/lang/perl/files/base.config
+++ b/lang/perl/files/base.config
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ hint='recommended'
 hostcat='cat /etc/hosts'
 hostgenerate="$owrt:host_perl_prefix/bin/generate_uudmap"
 hostosname=''
-hostperl="$owrt:host_perl_prefix/bin/perl"
+hostperl="./hostperl-wrapper"
 html1dir=' '
 html1direxp=''
 html3dir=' '
diff --git a/lang/perl/files/hostperl-wrapper b/lang/perl/files/hostperl-wrapper
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e31ef1cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/perl/files/hostperl-wrapper
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!@HOST_PERL@
+
+foreach (@ARGV) {
+	# Stop parsing options if we encounter a non-option argument or --
+	last if $_ eq '--' || $_ !~ m/^-/;
+
+	# Modify first option of the form -Ilib, -I../lib, ... to refer to lib_build instead
+	if ($_ =~ m@-I(.*/)?lib@) {
+		$_ .= '_build';
+		last;
+	}
+}
+
+exec '@HOST_PERL@', @ARGV