diff --git a/print/psutils-letter/Makefile b/print/psutils-letter/Makefile
index 5198954fd0f9..294900a2a074 100644
--- a/print/psutils-letter/Makefile
+++ b/print/psutils-letter/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	psutils-${PAPERSIZE}
 PORTVERSION=	1.17
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	print
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk/pub/ajcd/ \
 		ftp://ftp.knackered.org/pub/psutils/
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ MAN1=		psbook.1 psselect.1 pstops.1 epsffit.1 psnup.1 psresize.1 \
 		fixpspps.1 fixtpps.1 fixwfwps.1 fixwpps.1 fixwwps.1 \
 		extractres.1 includeres.1 fixscribeps.1 psmerge.1
 
+SCRIPTS_ENV+=	PERL=${PERL}
+
 .if !defined(PAPERSIZE)
 PAPERSIZE=letter
 PAPERSIZE_UNSPECIFIED=	yes
diff --git a/print/psutils-letter/scripts/configure b/print/psutils-letter/scripts/configure
index c3293ce93704..18327c3d4415 100644
--- a/print/psutils-letter/scripts/configure
+++ b/print/psutils-letter/scripts/configure
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cat >>Makefile<<END
 BINDIR = $PREFIX/bin
 INCLUDEDIR = $PREFIX/share/psutils
 MANDIR =$PREFIX/man/man1
-PERL = /usr/bin/perl
+PERL = $PERL
 CC=cc
 END
 exit 0