2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 83d8838ac..4daed5420 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ POTFILES = \
 
 CATALOGS = @CATALOGS@
 
+do_perl_subst = $(SED) -e 's,[@]PERL[@],$(PERL),g'
+
 # Makevars gets inserted here. (Don't remove this line!)
 
 .SUFFIXES:
-.SUFFIXES: .po .gmo .mo .sed .sin .nop .po-create .po-update
+.SUFFIXES: .po .gmo .mo .sed .sin .nop .po-create .po-update .pl.in .pl
+
+.pl.in.pl:
+        $(do_perl_subst) < $< > $@
+        chmod +x $@
 
 .po.mo:
         @echo "$(MSGFMT) -c -o $@ $<"; \
diff --git a/po/update.pl b/po/update.pl.in
index c7c34b612..7b7af52ef 100644
--- a/po/update.pl
+++ b/po/update.pl.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#!@PERL@ -w
 
 #  GNOME po update utility.
 #  (C) 2000 The Free Software Foundation