diff --git a/x11-fonts/mkitalic/Makefile b/x11-fonts/mkitalic/Makefile
index 4e186a0818b5..86b1535f35df 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/mkitalic/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/mkitalic/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ USE_PERL5=	yes
 USE_X_PREFIX=	yes
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	> ${WRKSRC}/mkitalic
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
-NO_BUILD=	yes
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 
+do-build:
+	${PERL} -pi.orig -e 's|^#!/usr/bin/perl|#! ${PERL}|' ${WRKSRC}/mkitalic
+
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/mkitalic ${PREFIX}/bin