diff --git a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
index 89a154f73c..ab23bedb38 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OECMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE ?= "${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION} ${CPPFLAGS} -DNDEBUG"
 OECMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE ?= "${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION} ${CXXFLAGS} -DNDEBUG"
 
 OECMAKE_RPATH ?= ""
+OECMAKE_PERLNATIVE_DIR ??= ""
 
 cmake_do_generate_toolchain_file() {
 	cat > ${WORKDIR}/toolchain.cmake <<EOF
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${OECMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}" CACHE STRING "CXXFLA
 
 # only search in the paths provided so cmake doesnt pick
 # up libraries and tools from the native build machine
-set( CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} ${CROSS_DIR} )
+set( CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} ${CROSS_DIR} ${OECMAKE_PERLNATIVE_DIR})
 set( CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM ONLY )
 set( CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY )
 set( CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY )
diff --git a/meta/classes/perlnative.bbclass b/meta/classes/perlnative.bbclass
index 522344d9af..2211b72135 100644
--- a/meta/classes/perlnative.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/perlnative.bbclass
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 PATH_prepend = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native:"
 DEPENDS += "perl-native"
+OECMAKE_PERLNATIVE_DIR = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native"