diff --git a/dev-perl/PPI-HTML/PPI-HTML-1.80.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/PPI-HTML/PPI-HTML-1.80.0.ebuild
index 18c567d772cce..ba595c2b8f29c 100644
--- a/dev-perl/PPI-HTML/PPI-HTML-1.80.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/PPI-HTML/PPI-HTML-1.80.0.ebuild
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.470.0
 	)
 "
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's/use inc::Module::Install;/use lib q[.]; use inc::Module::Install;/' Makefile.PL ||
+		die "Can't patch Makefile.PL for 5.26 dot-in-inc"
+	perl-module_src_prepare
+}