diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index ac386a9..b60f9a4 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 * Exclude inc (suggested by Ian Burrell).
 * Massage $summary (capitalize, remove trailing ".", remove leading "A").
+* Use %{__perl} instead of just "perl" when running Build.PL.
 
 1.64    2006-03-24
 
diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
index 0a6e77e..8605b17 100755
--- a/cpanspec
+++ b/cpanspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 #
-# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.20 2006/04/10 21:01:52 stevenpritchard Exp $
+# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.21 2006/04/22 00:10:14 stevenpritchard Exp $
 
 my $NAME="cpanspec";
 my $VERSION='1.65';
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ END
 
     if ($usebuildpl) {
         print $spec <<END;
-perl Build.PL installdirs=vendor@{[$noarch ? '' : ' optimize="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"']}
+\%{__perl} Build.PL installdirs=vendor@{[$noarch ? '' : ' optimize="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"']}
 ./Build
 END
     } else {