diff --git a/scripts/configure b/scripts/configure
index 369772ab..a1c26773 100755
--- a/scripts/configure
+++ b/scripts/configure
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ GCORE
 ALLOCA
 EGREP
 GREP
+PERL
 SED
 RANLIB
 INSTALL_DATA
@@ -4178,6 +4179,49 @@ $as_echo "$ac_cv_path_SED" >&6; }
   rm -f conftest.sed
 
 
+# Extract the first word of "perl", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy perl; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_PERL+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case $PERL in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_PERL="$PERL" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_path_PERL="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_PERL" && ac_cv_path_PERL="no"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+PERL=$ac_cv_path_PERL
+if test -n "$PERL"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PERL" >&5
+$as_echo "$PERL" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+
+
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 # AC_PROG_LD - find the path to the GNU or non-GNU linker