diff --git a/src/data-to-c.pl b/src/data-to-c.pl
index 399d053ec..69f74364e 100755
--- a/src/data-to-c.pl
+++ b/src/data-to-c.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 # Copyright © 2011 Red Hat, Inc
 #