diff --git a/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.290.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.290.0.ebuild
index c0fce8f8c9c42..6b73510dbddf9 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.290.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.290.0.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=6
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.880.0
 	)
 "
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's/use inc::Module::Install/use lib q[.];\n use inc::Module::Install/' Makefile.PL ||
+		die "Can't patch Makefile.PL for 5.26 dot-in-inc"
+	perl-module_src_prepare
+}
diff --git a/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.310.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.310.0.ebuild
index 5ae305f339cd1..3739422ddc635 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.310.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Starlet/Starlet-0.310.0.ebuild
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.880.0
 	)
 "
+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
+}