diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index b88988ac7..2b9dd8e29 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # $Id$
 #
 # Main curl test script, in perl to run on more platforms