diff --git a/Documentation/build-docdep.perl b/Documentation/build-docdep.perl
index ba4205e03..dc50f21f3 100755
--- a/Documentation/build-docdep.perl
+++ b/Documentation/build-docdep.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
my %include = ();
my %included = ();
diff --git a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl
index 1cd28b1b5..98dcc2c42 100755
--- a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index ba640a441..f440eebe3 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
diff --git a/Documentation/fix-texi.perl b/Documentation/fix-texi.perl
index c247aece7..61287a0a9 100755
--- a/Documentation/fix-texi.perl
+++ b/Documentation/fix-texi.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
diff --git a/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl b/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl
index 476cc30b8..3e4b00eda 100755
--- a/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl
+++ b/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use File::Find;
use Getopt::Long;
diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
index 46eb61c5c..857847703 100755
--- a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
######################################################################
# Compiles or links files
#
diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl
index e571b8470..9b43f1270 100755
--- a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
######################################################################
# Libifies files on Windows
#
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
index a173669ce..ace1fd4bf 100755
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
######################################################################
# Do not call this script directly!
#
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/generate b/contrib/buildsystems/generate
index 9af89454a..d6ce919cb 100755
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/generate
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/generate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
######################################################################
# Generate buildsystem files
#
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/parse.pl b/contrib/buildsystems/parse.pl
index 33ca89eb0..492acf447 100755
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/parse.pl
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/parse.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
######################################################################
# Do not call this script directly!
#
diff --git a/contrib/contacts/git-contacts b/contrib/contacts/git-contacts
index dbe2abf27..70ec2039a 100755
--- a/contrib/contacts/git-contacts
+++ b/contrib/contacts/git-contacts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# List people who might be interested in a patch. Useful as the argument to
# git-send-email --cc-cmd option, and in other situations.
diff --git a/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc b/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc
index 1571a7b26..ec8178f26 100755
--- a/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc
+++ b/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
diff --git a/contrib/credential/netrc/test.pl b/contrib/credential/netrc/test.pl
index 169b6463c..6b44ba54d 100755
--- a/contrib/credential/netrc/test.pl
+++ b/contrib/credential/netrc/test.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
use strict;
diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight b/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight
index 81bd8040e..ecf419542 100755
--- a/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight
+++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use 5.008;
use warnings FATAL => 'all';
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-remote.perl b/contrib/examples/git-remote.perl
index 5bf3ffd4c..2c8f18a13 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-remote.perl
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-remote.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-rerere.perl b/contrib/examples/git-rerere.perl
index 4f692091e..110c27f4f 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-rerere.perl
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-rerere.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# REuse REcorded REsolve. This tool records a conflicted automerge
# result and its hand resolution, and helps to resolve future
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl b/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl
index c414f0d9c..d183a8d66 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# This tool is copyright (c) 2005, Matthias Urlichs.
# It is released under the Gnu Public License, version 2.
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-import.perl b/contrib/fast-import/git-import.perl
index 0891b9e36..440790523 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-import.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-import.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# Performs an initial import of a directory. This is the equivalent
# of doing 'git init; git add .; git commit'. It's a little slower,
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
index 4dec1f18e..197307570 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# Copyright 2008-2009 Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
#
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
index d60b4315e..30f3ff384 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
## tar archive frontend for git-fast-import
##
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
index 2770a1b1d..18444e015 100755
--- a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
+++ b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# Copyright (c) 2006 Josh England
#
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid b/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid
index d18b317b2..95595acf5 100755
--- a/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid
+++ b/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use File::Spec;
diff --git a/contrib/long-running-filter/example.pl b/contrib/long-running-filter/example.pl
index a677569dd..0ca49e370 100755
--- a/contrib/long-running-filter/example.pl
+++ b/contrib/long-running-filter/example.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# Example implementation for the Git filter protocol version 2
# See Documentation/gitattributes.txt, section "Filter Protocol"
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl
index 28df3ee32..50c0549b5 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Copyright (C) 2013
# Benoit Person <benoit.person@ensimag.imag.fr>
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
index 41e74fba1..f8ce245cf 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Copyright (C) 2011
# Jérémie Nikaes <jeremie.nikaes@ensimag.imag.fr>
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw.pl b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw.pl
index 8d0e7c078..a8272d942 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw.pl
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Copyright (C) 2012
# Charles Roussel <charles.roussel@ensimag.imag.fr>
# Simon Cathebras <simon.cathebras@ensimag.imag.fr>
diff --git a/contrib/stats/mailmap.pl b/contrib/stats/mailmap.pl
index 9513f5e35..469af8240 100755
--- a/contrib/stats/mailmap.pl
+++ b/contrib/stats/mailmap.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings 'all';
use strict;
diff --git a/contrib/stats/packinfo.pl b/contrib/stats/packinfo.pl
index be188c0f1..51823ac94 100755
--- a/contrib/stats/packinfo.pl
+++ b/contrib/stats/packinfo.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# This tool will print vaguely pretty information about a pack. It
# expects the output of "git verify-pack -v" as input on stdin.
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index cf6fc926a..6d7b6c35d 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use 5.008;
use strict;
diff --git a/git-archimport.perl b/git-archimport.perl
index 9cb123a07..bb423e781 100755
--- a/git-archimport.perl
+++ b/git-archimport.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# This tool is copyright (c) 2005, Martin Langhoff.
# It is released under the Gnu Public License, version 2.
diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index d13f02da9..c2ebfb59f 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use 5.008;
use strict;
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 1e4e65a45..5dcdd8106 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# This tool is copyright (c) 2005, Matthias Urlichs.
# It is released under the Gnu Public License, version 2.
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index d50c85ed7..3ae5e748b 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
####
#### This application is a CVS emulation layer for git.
diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
index df59bdfe9..a34d0f7fd 100755
--- a/git-difftool.perl
+++ b/git-difftool.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 David Aguilar
# Copyright (c) 2012 Tim Henigan
#
diff --git a/git-relink.perl b/git-relink.perl
index 236a3521a..b51348fa6 100755
--- a/git-relink.perl
+++ b/git-relink.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Copyright 2005, Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
# Distribution permitted under the GPL v2, as distributed
# by the Free Software Foundation.
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 068d60b3e..678d823af 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# Copyright 2002,2005 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
# Copyright 2005 Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index fa4236478..ae3991524 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Copyright (C) 2006, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
# License: GPL v2 or later
use 5.008;
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 7cf68f07b..d084360e6 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# gitweb - simple web interface to track changes in git repositories
#
diff --git a/t/Git-SVN/Utils/can_compress.t b/t/Git-SVN/Utils/can_compress.t
index d7b49b8d5..0cdedb25b 100755
--- a/t/Git-SVN/Utils/can_compress.t
+++ b/t/Git-SVN/Utils/can_compress.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
diff --git a/t/Git-SVN/Utils/fatal.t b/t/Git-SVN/Utils/fatal.t
index 49e143829..75aaf1633 100755
--- a/t/Git-SVN/Utils/fatal.t
+++ b/t/Git-SVN/Utils/fatal.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
diff --git a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
index b170cbc04..3c3e2e7d4 100755
--- a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
+++ b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# Test t0000..t9999.sh for non portable shell scripts
# This script can be called with one or more filenames as parameters
diff --git a/t/gitweb-lib.sh b/t/gitweb-lib.sh
index d5dab5a94..b23843ff4 100644
--- a/t/gitweb-lib.sh
+++ b/t/gitweb-lib.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
gitweb_init () {
safe_pwd="$(perl -MPOSIX=getcwd -e 'print quotemeta(getcwd)')"
cat >gitweb_config.perl <<EOF
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
# gitweb configuration for tests
diff --git a/t/perf/aggregate.perl b/t/perf/aggregate.perl
index 924b19dab..2c6278ca6 100755
--- a/t/perf/aggregate.perl
+++ b/t/perf/aggregate.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use lib '../../perl/blib/lib';
use strict;
diff --git a/t/perf/min_time.perl b/t/perf/min_time.perl
index c1a2717e0..2595eae61 100755
--- a/t/perf/min_time.perl
+++ b/t/perf/min_time.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
my $minrt = 1e100;
my $min;
diff --git a/t/t0202/test.pl b/t/t0202/test.pl
index 2cbf7b959..d8e967bbc 100755
--- a/t/t0202/test.pl
+++ b/t/t0202/test.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use 5.008;
use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB}));
use strict;diff --git a/t/t4034/perl/post b/t/t4034/perl/post
index e8b72ef5d..87500971d 100644
--- a/t/t4034/perl/post
+++ b/t/t4034/perl/post
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
diff --git a/t/t4034/perl/pre b/t/t4034/perl/pre
index f6610d37b..5ab5aa42f 100644
--- a/t/t4034/perl/pre
+++ b/t/t4034/perl/pre
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
diff --git a/t/t9000/test.pl b/t/t9000/test.pl
index dfeaa9c65..4e47f3887 100755
--- a/t/t9000/test.pl
+++ b/t/t9000/test.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB}));
use 5.008;diff --git a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
index 6d06ed96c..d8b5622b5 100755
--- a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
+++ b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ test_expect_success HIGHLIGHT \
test_expect_success HIGHLIGHT \
'syntax highlighting (highlighter language autodetection)' \
'git config gitweb.highlight yes &&
- echo "#!/usr/bin/perl" > test &&
+ echo "#!/usr/bin/env perl" > test &&
git add test &&
git commit -m "Add test" &&
gitweb_run "p=.git;a=blob;f=test"'
diff --git a/t/t9700/test.pl b/t/t9700/test.pl
index 1b75c9196..c0be7e895 100755
--- a/t/t9700/test.pl
+++ b/t/t9700/test.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB}));
use 5.008;diff --git a/t/test-terminal.perl b/t/test-terminal.perl
index 96b6a03e1..d1d40c0db 100755
--- a/t/test-terminal.perl
+++ b/t/test-terminal.perl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
use 5.008;
use strict;
use warnings;
--
2.11.0