diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 28ffcdd17c..caf43e5fda 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1905,14 +1905,19 @@ if perl_features_enabled
     perl_header_template = 'perl/header_templates/runtime_prefix.template.pl'
   endif
 
+  perllibdir = get_option('perllibdir')
+  if perllibdir == ''
+    perllibdir = get_option('datadir') / 'perl5'
+  endif
+
   perl_header = configure_file(
     input: perl_header_template,
     output: 'GIT-PERL-HEADER',
     configuration: {
       'GITEXECDIR_REL': get_option('libexecdir') / 'git-core',
-      'PERLLIBDIR_REL': get_option('datadir') / 'perl5',
+      'PERLLIBDIR_REL': perllibdir,
       'LOCALEDIR_REL': get_option('datadir') / 'locale',
-      'INSTLIBDIR': get_option('datadir') / 'perl5',
+      'INSTLIBDIR': perllibdir,
       'PATHSEP': pathsep,
     },
   )
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 8547c0eb47..53c85000b7 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Configuration for Git installation
+
+option('perllibdir', type: 'string', value: '',
+  description: 'Directory to install perl lib to. Default to <datadir>/perl5')
+
 # Configuration for how Git behaves at runtime.
 option('default_pager', type: 'string', value: 'less',
   description: 'Fall-back pager.')
diff --git a/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build b/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build
index b4ff2fc0b2..467507c5e6 100644
--- a/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build
+++ b/perl/FromCPAN/Mail/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   output: 'Address.pm',
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/FromCPAN/Mail',
+  install_dir: perllibdir / 'FromCPAN/Mail',
   depends: [git_version_file],
 )
diff --git a/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build b/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build
index 1f9ea6ce8e..720c60283d 100644
--- a/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build
+++ b/perl/FromCPAN/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   output: 'Error.pm',
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/FromCPAN',
+  install_dir: perllibdir / 'FromCPAN',
   depends: [git_version_file],
 )
 
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build
index 89cde56be8..05a5770560 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   output: 'Address.pm',
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail',
+  install_dir: perllibdir / 'Git/LoadCPAN/Mail',
   depends: [git_version_file],
 )
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build
index 1ee915c650..b975d49726 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   output: 'Error.pm',
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/LoadCPAN',
+  install_dir: perllibdir / 'Git/LoadCPAN',
   depends: [git_version_file],
 )
 
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build b/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build
index 233ec670d7..4c589b30c3 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Memoize/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   output: 'YAML.pm',
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/SVN',
+  install_dir: perllibdir / 'Git/SVN',
   depends: [git_version_file],
 )
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build b/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build
index 44abaf42b7..8858985fe8 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ foreach source : [
     output: source,
     command: generate_perl_command,
     install: true,
-    install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git/SVN',
+    install_dir: perllibdir / 'Git/SVN',
     depends: [git_version_file],
   )
 endforeach
diff --git a/perl/Git/meson.build b/perl/Git/meson.build
index b21fa5591e..a61b7b1f4a 100644
--- a/perl/Git/meson.build
+++ b/perl/Git/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ foreach source : [
     output: source,
     command: generate_perl_command,
     install: true,
-    install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5/Git',
+    install_dir: perllibdir / 'Git',
     depends: [git_version_file],
   )
 endforeach
diff --git a/perl/meson.build b/perl/meson.build
index 2d4ab1c4a9..3c66b007ea 100644
--- a/perl/meson.build
+++ b/perl/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ test_dependencies += custom_target(
   output: 'Git.pm',
   command: generate_perl_command,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'perl5',
+  install_dir: perllibdir,
   depends: [git_version_file],
 )