diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb
index 47062cca52..f18c7b18eb 100755
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "0220d01753469f83921f8f41ae5054c1"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "14995699187440e0ae4da57fe3a64adc0a3c5cf14feab971f8db38fb7d8f071a"
 
 do_install() {
-    oe_runmake install PREFIX=${D}${prefix} CFG_DIR=${D}${sysconfdir}
+    oe_runmake install PREFIX=${D}${prefix} CFG_DIR=${D}${sysconfdir} LCOV_PERL_PATH="/usr/bin/env perl"
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"