diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fa1bc2b..f9d3ff4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ AC_SUBST([LIBOPENDMARC_VERSION_INFO])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 LT_INIT
+AC_PATH_PROG([PERL], [perl], [/usr/bin/perl])
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
diff --git a/reports/opendmarc-expire.in b/reports/opendmarc-expire.in
index 98b1b80..1da08d5 100755
--- a/reports/opendmarc-expire.in
+++ b/reports/opendmarc-expire.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/@PERL@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2012, 2014-2016, 2018, The Trusted Domain Project.
 # All rights reserved.
diff --git a/reports/opendmarc-import.in b/reports/opendmarc-import.in
index 2c48fd2..07cffbb 100755
--- a/reports/opendmarc-import.in
+++ b/reports/opendmarc-import.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/@PERL@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, 2018, The Trusted Domain Project.  All rights reserved.
 #
diff --git a/reports/opendmarc-params.in b/reports/opendmarc-params.in
index b74bcdf..8622a99 100755
--- a/reports/opendmarc-params.in
+++ b/reports/opendmarc-params.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/@PERL@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, The Trusted Domain Project.  All rights reserved.
 #
diff --git a/reports/opendmarc-reports.in b/reports/opendmarc-reports.in
index 0489539..b643e44 100755
--- a/reports/opendmarc-reports.in
+++ b/reports/opendmarc-reports.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/@PERL@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2016, 2017-2018, The Trusted Domain Project.
 #   All rights reserved.