diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/perl/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/perl/manifests/init.pp
index 8f4a09d55..c3fcb5fea 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/perl/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/perl/manifests/init.pp
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ class perl {
     creates           => $perlDir,
     configure_command => 'sh ./Configure',
     flags             => "-des -Dprefix=${perlDir}",
+  } -> file { '/usr/local/bin/perl':
+    ensure => link,
+    target => "${perlDir}/bin/perl",
   }
 }