diff --git a/lang/eperl/Makefile b/lang/eperl/Makefile
index d2f340b6a36f..a7fd8da48374 100644
--- a/lang/eperl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/eperl/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ COMMENT=	Embedded Perl 5 Language
 
 .if defined(INSTALL_ALSO_AS_SSSL)
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PREFIX}/etc/apache/srm.conf:${PORTSDIR}/${APACHE_PORT}
+PLIST_SUB=	SSSL=""
+.else
+PLIST_SUB=	SSSL="@comment "
 .endif
 
 USE_PERL5=	yes
diff --git a/lang/eperl/pkg-plist b/lang/eperl/pkg-plist
index efd93e5315ef..40563ec24294 100644
--- a/lang/eperl/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/eperl/pkg-plist
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 bin/eperl
-@comment www/cgi-bin/nph-eperl
-@exec echo "AddType  application/x-httpd-eperl  .phtml .eperl .epl" >>%D/etc/apache/srm.conf
-@exec echo "Action   application/x-httpd-eperl  /cgi-bin/nph-eperl" >>%D/etc/apache/srm.conf
-@unexec grep -v "application/x-httpd-eperl" %D/etc/apache/srm.conf >%D/etc/apache/srm.conf.bak; mv %D/etc/apache/srm.conf.bak %D/etc/apache/srm.conf
+%%SSSL%%www/cgi-bin/nph-eperl
+%%SSSL%%@exec echo "AddType  application/x-httpd-eperl  .phtml .eperl .epl" >>%D/etc/apache/srm.conf
+%%SSSL%%@exec echo "Action   application/x-httpd-eperl  /cgi-bin/nph-eperl" >>%D/etc/apache/srm.conf
+%%SSSL%%@unexec grep -v "application/x-httpd-eperl" %D/etc/apache/srm.conf >%D/etc/apache/srm.conf.bak; mv %D/etc/apache/srm.conf.bak %D/etc/apache/srm.conf
 share/examples/eperl/00README
 share/examples/eperl/demo.cgipm.phtml
 share/examples/eperl/demo.cgipm.iphtml