diff --git a/chapter08/perl.xml b/chapter08/perl.xml
index 34c6ed32a..61bff01a3 100644
--- a/chapter08/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter08/perl.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
 -->
+    <para>Workaround an building issue on MIPS:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed 's@/bin/mips@/bin/false@g' -i Configure</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>This version of Perl builds the Compress::Raw::Zlib and
     Compress::Raw::BZip2 modules. By
     default Perl will use an internal copy of the sources for the build.