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($^X); # take the perl internal executable name
 }
 &checking('perl version');
 &result($]);