diff --git a/src/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in b/src/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
index 84a80403..70b1d258 100644
--- a/src/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
+++ b/src/perl/common/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "../Makefile_silent.pm";
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "@top_srcdir@/src/perl/Makefile_silent.pm";
 
 WriteMakefile('NAME' => 'Irssi',
               'LIBS' => '',
diff --git a/src/perl/irc/Makefile.PL.in b/src/perl/irc/Makefile.PL.in
index 0fbc5241..582160a0 100644
--- a/src/perl/irc/Makefile.PL.in
+++ b/src/perl/irc/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "../Makefile_silent.pm";
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "@top_srcdir@/src/perl/Makefile_silent.pm";
 
 WriteMakefile('NAME' => 'Irssi::Irc',
               'LIBS' => '',
diff --git a/src/perl/textui/Makefile.PL.in b/src/perl/textui/Makefile.PL.in
index 3541f75c..ffdda21a 100644
--- a/src/perl/textui/Makefile.PL.in
+++ b/src/perl/textui/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "../Makefile_silent.pm";
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "@top_srcdir@/src/perl/Makefile_silent.pm";
 
 WriteMakefile('NAME' => 'Irssi::TextUI',
               'LIBS' => '',
diff --git a/src/perl/ui/Makefile.PL.in b/src/perl/ui/Makefile.PL.in
index ed87d528..ceed51c3 100644
--- a/src/perl/ui/Makefile.PL.in
+++ b/src/perl/ui/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "../Makefile_silent.pm";
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;our $AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY='@AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@';require "@top_srcdir@/src/perl/Makefile_silent.pm";
 
 WriteMakefile('NAME' => 'Irssi::UI',
               'LIBS' => '',