diff --git a/src/cpan-installer.ts b/src/cpan-installer.ts
index 842bc26c2..13c0e75ee 100644
--- a/src/cpan-installer.ts
+++ b/src/cpan-installer.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ export async function install(opt: Options): Promise<void> {
 
   // configure environment values
   core.addPath(path.join(cachePath, "bin"));
-  core.exportVariable("PERL5LIB", path.join(cachePath, "lib", "perl5") + path.delimiter + process.env["PERL5LIB"]);
+  const archName = await getArchName(opt);
+  const libPath = path.join(cachePath, "lib", "perl5");
+  const libArchPath = path.join(cachePath, "lib", "perl5", archName);
+  core.exportVariable("PERL5LIB", libPath + path.delimiter + libArchPath + path.delimiter + process.env["PERL5LIB"]);
 
   if (opt.enable_modules_cache) {
     // save cache
@@ -219,6 +222,13 @@ async function installWithCarton(opt: Options): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
+// getArchName gets the arch name such as x86_64-linux, darwin-thread-multi-2level, etc.
+async function getArchName(opt: Options): Promise<string> {
+  const perl = path.join(opt.toolPath, "bin", "perl");
+  const out = await exec.getExecOutput(perl, ["-MConfig", "-E", "print $Config{archname}"]);
+  return out.stdout;
+}
+
 async function exists(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     fs.stat(path, (err) => {