diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index c45afda6..72f86625 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Imager.
 - constify the Imager API
 - document Imager::Filter::Mandelbrot
 - convert dynfilt/flines.c to Imager::Filter::Flines
+- minor changes for older perl/ExtUtils::MM
 
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diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index e1334f0f..e2b62372 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ exit;
 
 
 sub MY::postamble {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $perl = $self->{PERLRUN} ? '$(PERLRUN)' : '$(PERL)';
 '
 dyntest.$(MYEXTLIB) : dynfilt/Makefile
 	cd dynfilt && $(MAKE) $(PASTHRU)
@@ -174,11 +176,11 @@ imconfig.h : Makefile.PL
 	$(ECHO) "imconfig.h out-of-date with respect to $?"
 	$(PERLRUN) Makefile.PL
 	$(ECHO) "==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt - re-run your make command <=="
+'.qq!
+lib/Imager/APIRef.pm : \$(C_FILES) apidocs.perl
+	$perl apidocs.perl lib/Imager/APIRef.pm
 
-lib/Imager/APIRef.pm : $(C_FILES) apidocs.perl
-	$(PERLRUN) apidocs.perl lib/Imager/APIRef.pm
-
-';
+!;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t66paste.t b/t/t66paste.t
index b55692f0..7a369d93 100644
--- a/t/t66paste.t
+++ b/t/t66paste.t
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!perl -w
 use strict;
+use lib 't';
 use Test::More tests => 15;
 
 BEGIN { use_ok("Imager") }
diff --git a/t/t92samples.t b/t/t92samples.t
index 7ca1598b..c377be3b 100644
--- a/t/t92samples.t
+++ b/t/t92samples.t
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!perl -w
 # packaging test - make sure we included the samples in the MANIFEST <sigh>
+use lib 't';
 use Test::More;
 use ExtUtils::Manifest qw(maniread);