diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index 7ef2c78c8..f09543ad5 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ depend:
 	do \
 	if [ -d "$$i" ]; then \
 		(cd $$i && echo "making dependencies $$i..." && \
-		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' depend ) || exit 1; \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' PERL='${PERL}' depend ) || exit 1; \
 	fi; \
 	done;
 
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile.ssl b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
index 3bdca28b0..f96154cac 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ depend:
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
 	(cd $$i; echo "making depend in crypto/$$i..."; \
-	$(MAKE) MAKEFILE='${MAKEFILE}' INCLUDES='${INCLUDES}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' depend ); \
+	$(MAKE) MAKEFILE='${MAKEFILE}' INCLUDES='${INCLUDES}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' PERL='${PERL}' depend ); \
 	done;
 
 clean: