The Termux git package installs git perl files to $PREFIX/share/git-perl by patching perl/Makefile.PL, so setup that path when building perl files in this Makefile. diff -u -r ../git-2.7.4/Makefile ./Makefile --- ../git-2.7.4/Makefile 2016-03-17 16:47:59.000000000 -0400 +++ ./Makefile 2016-03-24 22:46:20.335193973 -0400 @@ -1789,7 +1788,7 @@ sed -e '1{' \ -e ' s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \ -e ' h' \ - -e ' s=.*=use lib (split(/$(pathsep)/, $$ENV{GITPERLLIB} || "'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'"));=' \ + -e ' s=.*=use lib (split(/$(pathsep)/, $$ENV{GITPERLLIB} || "'"@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share/git-perl"'"));=' \ -e ' H' \ -e ' x' \ -e '}' \