diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/Manifest b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/Manifest
index 55682d1b52..6d0b574dea 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/Manifest
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/Manifest
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ DIST perl-5.38.2.tar.xz 13679524 BLAKE2B 74250e30dde76911902a787134808dae69113c0
 DIST perl-5.40.0-patches-2.tar.xz 17072 BLAKE2B 7cc1085a0a701f72cf1fce2b7f18ac949eb03a9e40716c37082396483045df577ef13bbca58ef06f20868e52e9c78e18fa5b8a3434ceea272ff49832a086a1f5 SHA512 d31a25894e3b34c8e80f439ebd423dd8f28eac056ce42d69376882c1655b1f7289ef22f8aa8d30147eaebbe6693f4d86d1570e153b55d58d7b30e5832e7bea60
 DIST perl-5.40.0.tar.xz 13804184 BLAKE2B cf191c3ccaf6f395c0c7d08c2ad3456c1dd622d4fe78e7fb3a74c741e9a84f1d39a55f5bc6adbea54c9520b1b387e72e957f9a7544ab8f24968d233cd5b959ae SHA512 a2fb1a24c6367b4043f4e929b2d74fc3bad1415e53b791ed1f219f1701064ae21b2bd3164ba95fcf24eaf458bd54433024ccae43725c0bb82a1ec6a98dc7052d
 DIST perl-cross-1.5.2.tar.gz 120097 BLAKE2B 8703816363b41ea5fe528b192ed28b169cf0bfc3c61a9332682240bdc02f6ef0208fc0202517ba03e7c177bfbb52783c833aacaf2d16583e0f90bd58805a03ff SHA512 fb16316add0a7458f087295077518402eddaa1c759da6e268742e9ba5439cb3f1db7adcd7ef769c4a613b7518ff9e48849f60b24bd2a6daaaf6e96b59bbf0ac8
-DIST perl-cross-1.5.3.tar.gz 120847 BLAKE2B 346152b44e4ace3a9215aeb24de617ac217a462c1ebfa2b426e7bf9546673e1aef52ac2fd294bb2a00755f6e3590bd5bc3f615d874a0dcd5fa13b1eb2d3960c7 SHA512 cccfd32ee33e52a06fa0c6c1af0cd454bf20354e9ce4e7ebd599915b3a4a39b5e0b98e548c5e8084e175e9a3c78f0f7d782331ec2ceaec07c1c0413690d0d422
+DIST perl-cross-1.6.tar.gz 121973 BLAKE2B b3a17d92dd7621a3bc253a6c4e56eccd3adec2c2b52e606c956a08f48d786a16a3ac5beb056a732ba3df92227f210193b0f516fd9d73cac362a04ec52efab029 SHA512 980af804513ec126e40eb9d8200ca54ba805bbb13b38d20a45daaf8d98d6b257e2eebc1ecad56cd47f60e235fa1141f6df9518d748db4f18d5219180750ca615
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0.ebuild
index 33792179f4..be1251b4c5 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=8
 inherit alternatives flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs multilib multiprocessing
 
 PATCH_VER=2
-CROSS_VER=1.5.3
+CROSS_VER=1.6
 PATCH_BASE="perl-5.40.0-patches-${PATCH_VER}"
 PATCH_DEV=dilfridge
 
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	tc-is-static-only || src_prepare_dynamic
 
 	if use gdbm; then
-		sed -i "s:INC => .*:INC => \"-I${EROOT}/usr/include/gdbm\":g" \
+		sed -i "s:INC => .*:INC => \"-I${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/gdbm\":g" \
 			ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL || die
 	fi
 
@@ -577,12 +577,12 @@ src_configure() {
 	use m68k && append-ldflags -Wl,-z,norelro
 
 	export BUILD_BZIP2=0
-	export BZIP2_INCLUDE=${EROOT}/usr/include
-	export BZIP2_LIB=${EROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)
+	export BZIP2_INCLUDE=${ESYSROOT}/usr/include
+	export BZIP2_LIB=${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)
 
 	export BUILD_ZLIB=False
-	export ZLIB_INCLUDE=${EROOT}/usr/include
-	export ZLIB_LIB=${EROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)
+	export ZLIB_INCLUDE=${ESYSROOT}/usr/include
+	export ZLIB_LIB=${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)
 
 	# allow either gdbm to provide ndbm (in <gdbm/ndbm.h>) or db1
 	myndbm='U'
@@ -622,12 +622,16 @@ src_configure() {
 	# modifying 'optimize' prevents cross configure script from appending required flags
 	if tc-is-cross-compiler; then
 		append-cflags "-fwrapv"
+		tc-export_build_env
 
 		# Needed for the CHOST build too (bug #932385)
 		export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_GNU_SOURCE"
 
 		# bug #913171
-		export HOSTCFLAGS="${CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD} -D_GNU_SOURCE"
+		export \
+			HOSTCC=$(tc-getBUILD_CC) \
+			HOSTCFLAGS="${CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD} -D_GNU_SOURCE" \
+			HOSTLDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD}"
 	fi
 
 	# bug #877659, bug #821577