diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fea237bc80..a81f46bafc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1626,6 +1626,7 @@ 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 64f947d75b..c2ec3cb4bd 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 || {
+"$PERL_PATH" -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
     test_done
 }
diff --git a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
index aca40c1b1f..40637d6782 100755
--- a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
+++ b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ then
     say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, perl not available'
     test_done
 fi
-perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+"$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 4eb7d3f7f0..8686086dde 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