diff --git a/auto/lib/perl/conf b/auto/lib/perl/conf
index b7c0be6fc..2a1a3fe3c 100644
--- a/auto/lib/perl/conf
+++ b/auto/lib/perl/conf
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ if test -n "$NGX_PERL_VER"; then
     ngx_perl_ldopts=`$NGX_PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`
 
     ngx_perl_dlext=`$NGX_PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{dlext}'`
-    ngx_perl_module="src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto/nginx.$ngx_perl_dlext"
+    ngx_perl_libdir="src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto"
+    ngx_perl_module="$ngx_perl_libdir/nginx/nginx.$ngx_perl_dlext"
 
     if $NGX_PERL -V:usemultiplicity | grep define > /dev/null; then
         have=NGX_HAVE_PERL_MULTIPLICITY . auto/have