--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -437,10 +437,10 @@
     PERL_SITE_LIB=`perl -V:installsitelib | sed -e "s/.*='\(.*\)';/\1/"`
     PERL_LIB_PATH=`echo $PERL_SITE_LIB | sed -e "s|^$PERL_SITE_PREFIX||"`
     EXTRA_PERL_LIB="use lib '$prefix$PERL_LIB_PATH'; # Include custom perl install path"
-    PERL_MM_PARMS="PREFIX=$prefix"
+    PERL_MM_PARMS="\"PREFIX=$prefix INSTALLDIRS=vendor\""
 else
     EXTRA_PERL_LIB="# Include from system perl paths only"
-    PERL_MM_PARMS=
+    PERL_MM_PARMS="\"INSTALLDIRS=vendor\""
 fi
 AC_SUBST(PERL_MM_PARMS)
 AC_SUBST(EXTRA_PERL_LIB)