diff --git a/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0-r1.ebuild b/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0-r1.ebuild
index 1ce32256f585d..aae5b06696147 100644
--- a/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -106,3 +106,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	unset DISPLAY
 	perl-module_src_configure
 }
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's/^use inc::Module::Install/use lib q[.];\nuse inc::Module::Install/' Makefile.PL ||
+		die "Can't patch Makefile.PL for 5.26 dot-in-inc"
+	perl-module_src_prepare
+}
diff --git a/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0.ebuild b/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0.ebuild
index 17201614f89cc..bc3967a1dbb32 100644
--- a/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/padre/padre-1.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -104,3 +104,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	unset DISPLAY
 	perl-module_src_configure
 }
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's/use inc::Module::Install/use lib q[.];\n use inc::Module::Install/' Makefile.PL ||
+		die "Can't patch Makefile.PL for 5.26 dot-in-inc"
+	perl-module_src_prepare
+}