diff --git a/dev-perl/Email-Address-List/Email-Address-List-0.50.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/Email-Address-List/Email-Address-List-0.50.0.ebuild
index ba58c2228cd85..ebff2adfd1746 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Email-Address-List/Email-Address-List-0.50.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Email-Address-List/Email-Address-List-0.50.0.ebuild
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 "
 
 SRC_TEST="do"
+
+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
+}