diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 70a18c32..c76bf3f8 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ CONFIG_NO_ROOT_EXEC = @CONFIG_NO_ROOT_EXEC@
 CONFIG_OPENSSL = @CONFIG_OPENSSL@
 CONFIG_OS2 = @CONFIG_OS2@
 CONFIG_OWN_LIBC = @CONFIG_OWN_LIBC@
-CONFIG_PERL = @CONFIG_PERL@
+CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL = @CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL@
 CONFIG_POD2HTML = @CONFIG_POD2HTML@
 CONFIG_PYTHON = @CONFIG_PYTHON@
 CONFIG_RISCOS = @CONFIG_RISCOS@
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a20194de..5334134a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ fi
 if test "$cf_result" != "yes"; then
 	EL_RESTORE_FLAGS
 else
-	EL_CONFIG(CONFIG_PERL, [Perl])
+	EL_CONFIG(CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL, [Perl])
 
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_X"
 	AC_SUBST(PERL_LIBS)
@@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Setup global scripting
 dnl ===================================================================
 
-EL_CONFIG_DEPENDS(CONFIG_SCRIPTING, [CONFIG_GUILE CONFIG_SCRIPTING_LUA CONFIG_PERL CONFIG_PYTHON CONFIG_RUBY CONFIG_SM_SCRIPTING], [Browser scripting])
+EL_CONFIG_DEPENDS(CONFIG_SCRIPTING, [CONFIG_GUILE CONFIG_SCRIPTING_LUA CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL CONFIG_PYTHON CONFIG_RUBY CONFIG_SM_SCRIPTING], [Browser scripting])
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_GUILE)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_SCRIPTING_LUA)
-AC_SUBST(CONFIG_PERL)
+AC_SUBST(CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_PYTHON)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_RUBY)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_SM_SCRIPTING)
diff --git a/src/scripting/Makefile b/src/scripting/Makefile
index 3d8fb6f5..0328b38d 100644
--- a/src/scripting/Makefile
+++ b/src/scripting/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/Makefile.config
 
 SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_GUILE)		+= guile
 SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_SCRIPTING_LUA)		+= lua
-SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_PERL)		+= perl
+SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL)		+= perl
 SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_PYTHON)	+= python
 SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_RUBY)		+= ruby
 SUBDIRS-$(CONFIG_SM_SCRIPTING)	+= smjs
diff --git a/src/scripting/scripting.c b/src/scripting/scripting.c
index 35f611c3..f7de3af0 100644
--- a/src/scripting/scripting.c
+++ b/src/scripting/scripting.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct module *scripting_modules[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_GUILE
 	&guile_scripting_module,
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERL
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCRIPTING_PERL
 	&perl_scripting_module,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PYTHON