diff --git a/www/mod_perl2/Makefile b/www/mod_perl2/Makefile
index a7981009ba50..121330343025 100644
--- a/www/mod_perl2/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_perl2/Makefile
@@ -6,21 +6,17 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	mod_perl
-PORTVERSION=	1.99r18
-PORTREVISION=	1
+# internally, this still calls itself r19, but we go with the RC numbers now
+PORTVERSION=	2.0.0r2
 CATEGORIES=	www perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	http://perl.apache.org/dist/ \
 		http://perl.apache.org/dist/old/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	2
-DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-2.0.0-RC1
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/r/-RC/}-XMas
 
 MAINTAINER=	lars.eggert@gmx.net
 COMMENT=	Embeds a Perl interpreter in the Apache2 server
 
-# no idea why they still call it r18 when the tarball is 2.0.0-RC1
-# PORTVERSION=	2.0.0r1
-# DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/r/-RC/}
-
 USE_APACHE=	yes
 WITH_APACHE2=	yes
 PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/www/mod_perl2/distinfo b/www/mod_perl2/distinfo
index f111b352bcd0..ee7118892b84 100644
--- a/www/mod_perl2/distinfo
+++ b/www/mod_perl2/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (mod_perl-2.0.0-RC1.tar.gz) = 6b3453396263cf0cdd3ae433eeadbedf
-SIZE (mod_perl-2.0.0-RC1.tar.gz) = 1401333
+MD5 (mod_perl-2.0.0-RC2-XMas.tar.gz) = efeec9c467f1f1fb4a3f11652ce4d2ad
+SIZE (mod_perl-2.0.0-RC2-XMas.tar.gz) = 1407092