diff --git a/textproc/hunspell-en/Portfile b/textproc/hunspell-en/Portfile
index 36a2b6c827e6b..05b5dd554483d 100644
--- a/textproc/hunspell-en/Portfile
+++ b/textproc/hunspell-en/Portfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PortSystem          1.0
 
 name                hunspell-en
 version             2017.08.24
-revision            1
+revision            2
 distname            scowl-${version}
 categories          textproc
 license             permissive
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ subport hunspell-en {
     }
 }
 
+# use MacPorts perl https://trac.macports.org/ticket/55116
+pre-configure {
+    reinplace -locale C -W ${worksrcpath} "s|/usr/bin/perl|${prefix}/bin/perl|g" mk-list
+    reinplace -locale C -W ${worksrcpath}/speller "s|/usr/bin/perl|${prefix}/bin/perl|g" \
+        add-no-suggest munch-list
+    reinplace -locale C -W ${worksrcpath}/src "s|/usr/bin/perl|${prefix}/bin/perl|g" \
+        add-accents add-affixes add-other-forms add-other-spellings clean-alan-list \
+        cmp-final count find-ss get-level make-README proc-alt12dicts proc-census \
+        proc-neol proc-uk-freq-class rand-sample.pl rand-samples remove-plurals
+}
+
 subport hunspell-en_AU {
     long_description    ${description}: AU English dictionary