diff --git a/config/config.pl b/config/config.pl

index c003fa2..879d257 100755

--- a/config/config.pl

+++ b/config/config.pl

@@ -622,7 +622,9 @@ my $abs_path_names = 1;

 if($opt{'PERL'}) {

   $newcfg{'PERL'} = &find_prog(&get_name('PERL',1));

 } else {

-  $newcfg{'PERL'} = &find_prog($^X); # take the perl internal executable name

+  require Config;

+  $newcfg{'PERL'} = &find_prog($Config::Config{perlpath}||$^X);

+  #$newcfg{'PERL'} = &find_prog($^X); # take the perl internal executable name

 }

 &checking('perl version');

 &result($]);