diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index e10cd26..fa9a3ab 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ if (NOT POD2MAN_FOUND)
 else()
 
   function(add_pod_manpage SOURCE PAGENAME SECTION)
-    set(OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${MAN_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man${SECTION}")
     set(TARGETNAME "${PAGENAME}.${SECTION}")
+    if(${SECTION} STREQUAL "3perl")
+      set(SECTION 3)
+    endif()
+    set(OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${MAN_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/man${SECTION}")
     set(FINALTARGETFILE "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TARGETNAME}")
     # Change TARGETNAME so that the CMake target don't contain any ':'
     string(REGEX REPLACE ":" "-" TARGETNAME ${TARGETNAME})