diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 5ce40d5c..a2b923cd 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-08-18  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
+
+	* texi2pod.pl: Don't assume the perl executable is under /usr/bin/.
+
 2011-08-06  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* wget.texi (Wgetrc Commands): Document show_all_dns_entries.
diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index 5a4bbacd..9c0e94c6 100755
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl -w
+#! /usr/bin/env perl
 
 #   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.