diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
index 60daafa0f..d71927649 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SHRLIB_LDLIBS = $(addprefix -l, $($*_LDLIBS) $(LIB_LIBS) $(USR_LIBS) \
  $($*_SYS_LIBS) $(LIB_SYS_LIBS) $(USR_SYS_LIBS)) $(LDLIBS)
 
 SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS = $(foreach word,$(sort $(dir $($*_DEPLIBS) $(SHRLIB_DEPLIBS))), \
-  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(word)))
+  $(shell $(PERL) $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(word)))
 
 SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-L%)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PROD_LDLIBS += $($(firstword $(LDLIBS_STATIC_$(STATIC_BUILD)) \
                $(LDLIBS_SHARED_$(SHARED_LIBRARIES))))
 
 PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS = $(foreach word,$(sort $(dir $($*_DEPLIBS) $(PROD_DEPLIBS))), \
-  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(word)))
+  $(shell $(PERL) $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(word)))
 
 PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-L%)