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diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL
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+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+
+sub MY::postamble {
+	return <<'MAKE_FRAG';
+instlibdir:
+	@echo '$(INSTALLSITELIB)'
+
+MAKE_FRAG
+}
+
+my %pm = ('Git.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Git.pm');
+
+# We come with our own bundled Error.pm. It's not in the set of default
+# Perl modules so install it if it's not available on the system yet.
+eval { require Error };
+if ($@) {
+	$pm{'private-Error.pm'} = '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Error.pm';
+}
+
+my %extra;
+$extra{DESTDIR} = $ENV{DESTDIR} if $ENV{DESTDIR};
+
+# redirect stdout, otherwise the message "Writing perl.mak for Git"
+# disrupts the output for the target 'instlibdir'
+open STDOUT, ">&STDERR";
+
+WriteMakefile(
+	NAME            => 'Git',
+	VERSION_FROM    => 'Git.pm',
+	PM		=> \%pm,
+	MAKEFILE	=> 'perl.mak',
+	%extra
+);