diff --git a/textproc/texi2html/Makefile b/textproc/texi2html/Makefile
index f0fefc480c59..e70e5ca96855 100644
--- a/textproc/texi2html/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/texi2html/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	texi2html
-PORTVERSION=	1.72
+PORTVERSION=	1.76
 PORTREVISION=	0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ MAINTAINER=	roam@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Texinfo to HTML converter
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ENV=	PERL=${PERL}
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-multiplatform
-USE_PERL5=	yes
+USE_PERL5_RUN=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 
 PROGRAM_PREFIX?=
diff --git a/textproc/texi2html/distinfo b/textproc/texi2html/distinfo
index 398c31366607..323fd28b4489 100644
--- a/textproc/texi2html/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/texi2html/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (texi2html-1.72.tar.gz) = 879b3ca9f01259887781e35551cc4898
-SIZE (texi2html-1.72.tar.gz) = 416739
+MD5 (texi2html-1.76.tar.gz) = 38d0021c547612dba3543bdb1376569f
+SIZE (texi2html-1.76.tar.gz) = 470207