diff --git a/plugins/perl/meson.build b/plugins/perl/meson.build
index 95421a06..a2d215ef 100644
--- a/plugins/perl/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/perl/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ endif
 
 perl = find_program(get_option('with-perl'))
 
-ret = run_command([perl, '-MExtUtils::Embed', '-e', 'ccopts'])
+ret = run_command([perl, '-MExtUtils::Embed', '-e', 'ccopts'], check: false)
 if ret.returncode() != 0
   error('perl: Failed to get cflags')
 endif
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ foreach flag : ret.stdout().strip().split(' ')
   endif
 endforeach
 
-ret = run_command([perl, '-MExtUtils::Embed', '-e', 'ldopts'])
+ret = run_command([perl, '-MExtUtils::Embed', '-e', 'ldopts'], check: false)
 if ret.returncode() != 0
   error('perl: Failed to get ldflags')
 endif