1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index bbc74fcad99..9afa85e8ceb 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -5368,16 +5368,20 @@ Nonexistent directories are removed from spec."
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `perl' command")
     (let ((result
            (or (tramp-find-executable vec "perl5" (tramp-get-remote-path vec))
-               (tramp-find-executable
-                vec "perl" (tramp-get-remote-path vec)))))
+               (tramp-find-executable vec "perl" (tramp-get-remote-path vec)))))
+      ;; Perform a basic check.
+      (and result
+           (null (tramp-send-command-and-check
+                  vec (format "%s -e 'print \"Hello\n\";'" result)))
+           (setq result nil))
       ;; We must check also for some Perl modules.
       (when result
         (with-tramp-connection-property vec "perl-file-spec"
-           (tramp-send-command-and-check
-            vec (format "%s -e 'use File::Spec;'" result)))
+          (tramp-send-command-and-check
+           vec (format "%s -e 'use File::Spec;'" result)))
         (with-tramp-connection-property vec "perl-cwd-realpath"
-           (tramp-send-command-and-check
-            vec (format "%s -e 'use Cwd \"realpath\";'" result))))
+          (tramp-send-command-and-check
+           vec (format "%s -e 'use Cwd \"realpath\";'" result))))
       result)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-stat (vec)