diff --git a/package/cpanminus/Config.in b/package/cpanminus/Config.in
index b8b39dc..cf93a7e 100644
--- a/package/cpanminus/Config.in
+++ b/package/cpanminus/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CPANMINUS
 	bool "cpanminus"
+	# host-qemu doesn't work for the following platforms
+	depends on !BR2_avr32
+	depends on !BR2_bfin
+	depends on !BR2_sh2
+	depends on !BR2_sh2a
+	depends on !BR2_sh3
+	depends on !BR2_sh3eb
+	depends on !BR2_sh64
+	# host-qemu doesn't support system() on the following platforms
+	depends on !BR2_i386
+	depends on !BR2_x86_64
 	help
 	  cpanminus is a script to get, unpack, build and install Perl modules
 	  from CPAN.
diff --git a/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk b/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk
index d3a338b..af35e93 100644
--- a/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk
+++ b/package/cpanminus/cpanminus.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 CPANMINUS_VERSION = 1.5018
 CPANMINUS_SOURCE = miyagawa-cpanminus-$(CPANMINUS_VERSION)-0-gee6cd30.tar.gz
 CPANMINUS_SITE = https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/tarball/$(CPANMINUS_VERSION)
-CPANMINUS_DEPENDENCIES = perl $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_CPANMINUS_NATIVE_DEPENDENCIES))
+CPANMINUS_DEPENDENCIES = host-qemu perl $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_CPANMINUS_NATIVE_DEPENDENCIES))
 
 CPANMINUS_RUN_PERL = $(QEMU_USER) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/perl
 CPANMINUS_ARCHNAME = $(shell $(CPANMINUS_RUN_PERL) -MConfig -e "print Config->{archname}")