diff --git a/src/perl/xsinit.c b/src/perl/xsinit.c
index 426e6efe..fd8b923a 100644
--- a/src/perl/xsinit.c
+++ b/src/perl/xsinit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <EXTERN.h>
 #include <perl.h>
-#include "perl-common.h"
 #ifdef PERL_OBJECT
 #define NO_XSLOCKS
 #include <XSUB.h>
@@ -27,6 +26,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+extern PerlInterpreter *my_perl;
+
 EXTERN_C void xs_init _((void));
 
 EXTERN_C void boot_DynaLoader _((CV* cv));