diff --git a/templates/perl.tmpl b/templates/perl.tmpl
index 85f96a4825e..b22cacde4f6 100644
--- a/templates/perl.tmpl
+++ b/templates/perl.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=perl
 version=5.10.0
 patch_files="$pkgname-dont-hardcode-rpath.diff"
 distfiles="http://www.cpan.org/src/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
-configure_script="Configure"
+configure_script="./Configure"
 configure_args="-Dusethreads -des -Dprefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
  -Ui_malloc -Uusemymalloc -Dinstallstyle=lib/perl5"
 build_style=configure