diff --git a/lcov-1.15.ebuild b/lcov-1.15.ebuild
index aaf14998d4b6..ede52a0db092 100644
--- a/lcov-1.15.ebuild
+++ b/lcov-1.15.ebuild
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_compile() { :; }
 
 src_install() {
-	emake -j1 PREFIX="${ED}/usr" CFG_DIR="${ED}/etc" install
+	emake -j1 PREFIX="${ED}/usr" CFG_DIR="${ED}/etc" \
+		LCOV_PERL_PATH="${EPREFIX%/}/usr/bin/perl" install
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {