diff --git a/inject.pl b/inject.pl
index 6f4d1f430..dc91b41d7 100755
--- a/inject.pl
+++ b/inject.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# -*- mode: Perl; tab-width: 4; -*-
 #
 # inject.pl - perl script to install a CVS version of one of the
 #             fink packages into an existing Fink tree
diff --git a/postinstall.pl.in b/postinstall.pl.in
index c529aaff5..17079ef50 100755
--- a/postinstall.pl.in
+++ b/postinstall.pl.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# -*- mode: Perl; tab-width: 4; -*-
 #
 # postinstall.pl - perl script to check and store which OS version we
 #                are running, and to setup the dists directory