1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 244afb691..887c58afe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #
 ###################################################
 
-require 5.8.0;
+BEGIN {
+	require 5.8.0;
+}
 
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => qw(all);