diff --git a/vcftools/Makefile b/vcftools/Makefile
index d99b112538..606d9f279b 100644
--- a/vcftools/Makefile
+++ b/vcftools/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ USE_TOOLS+=	autoconf automake autoreconf gmake perl pkg-config
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 REPLACE_PERL=	src/perl/*
 
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-pmdir=${PERL5_INSTALLVENDORLIB:S|^${PREFIX}/||}/vcftools
+
 pre-configure:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && autoreconf -if
 
 .include "../../devel/zlib/buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../lang/perl5/vars.mk"
 .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/vcftools/PLIST b/vcftools/PLIST
index 1162634f4c..18c5b87428 100644
--- a/vcftools/PLIST
+++ b/vcftools/PLIST
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bin/vcf-to-tab
 bin/vcf-tstv
 bin/vcf-validator
 bin/vcftools
-lib/perl5/site_perl/5.26.0/FaSlice.pm
-lib/perl5/site_perl/5.26.0/Vcf.pm
-lib/perl5/site_perl/5.26.0/VcfStats.pm
+${PERL5_SUB_INSTALLVENDORLIB}/vcftools/FaSlice.pm
+${PERL5_SUB_INSTALLVENDORLIB}/vcftools/Vcf.pm
+${PERL5_SUB_INSTALLVENDORLIB}/vcftools/VcfStats.pm
 man/man1/vcftools.1