diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35f5294..287c7fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1633,6 +1633,7 @@ GIT-CFLAGS: .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
# and the first level quoting from the shell that runs "echo".
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: .FORCE-GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
@echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@
+ @echo PERL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@
@echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@
@echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@
@echo NO_PERL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PERL)))'\' >>$@
diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
index 64f947d..c2ec3cb 100755
--- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
+++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ then
say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
test_done
fi
-perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+"$PERL_PATH" -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
test_done
}diff --git a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
index aca40c1..40637d6 100755
--- a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
+++ b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ then
say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, perl not available'
test_done
fi
-perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+"$PERL_PATH" -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
test_done
}diff --git a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
index 4eb7d3f..8686086 100755
--- a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
+++ b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
test_done
fi
-perl -MTest::More -e 0 2>/dev/null || {
+"$PERL_PATH" -MTest::More -e 0 2>/dev/null || {
say "Perl Test::More unavailable, skipping test"
test_done
}@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ test_expect_success \
test_external_without_stderr \
'Perl API' \
- perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl
+ "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl
test_done--
1.6.0.3.517.g759a