diff --git a/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords b/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
index c59bc6eb..620b58d7 100644
--- a/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
+++ b/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+# force stable perl
+dev-lang/perl -~arm
+perl-core/* -~arm
+virtual/perl-* -~arm
+
 # Only use stable versions of these libs
 sys-kernel/linux-headers -~arm
 sys-libs/glibc -~arm
 =sys-libs/glibc-2.17* ~arm
 <dev-lang/python-3 -~arm
 dev-libs/openssl ~arm
-dev-lang/perl ~arm
 sys-devel/make -~arm
 sys-kernel/linux-headers -~arm
 net-libs/gnutls -~arm