diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index 610f349afb..6cf78d889c 100755
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 #   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.