1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gud.el b/lisp/gud.el
index 6c5c1abcdf6..cbbd4aeb2d9 100644
--- a/lisp/gud.el
+++ b/lisp/gud.el
@@ -989,6 +989,9 @@ directories if your program contains sources from more than one directory."
       (gud-make-debug-menu)
       buf)))
 
+(defvar perldb-command-name "perl"
+  "File name for executing Perl.")
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun perldb (command-line)
   "Run perldb on program FILE in buffer *gud-FILE*.
@@ -998,7 +1001,7 @@ and source-file directory for your debugger."
    (list (read-from-minibuffer "Run perldb (like this): "
                                (if (consp gud-perldb-history)
                                    (car gud-perldb-history)
-                                 "perl ")
+                                 (concat perldb-command-name " "))
                                nil nil
                                '(gud-perldb-history . 1))))