diff --git a/tools/llvm-config/Makefile b/tools/llvm-config/Makefile
index d885c163929..855a4aed64a 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/llvm-config/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ GenLibDeps   = $(PROJ_SRC_ROOT)/utils/GenLibDeps.pl
 
 $(LibDepsTemp): $(GenLibDeps) $(LibDir) $(wildcard $(LibDir)/*.a $(LibDir)/*.o)
 	$(Echo) "Regenerating LibDeps.txt.tmp"
-	$(Verb) $(GenLibDeps) -flat $(LibDir) $(NM_PATH) > $(LibDepsTemp)
+	$(Verb) $(PERL) $(GenLibDeps) -flat $(LibDir) $(NM_PATH) > $(LibDepsTemp)
 
 $(LibDeps): $(LibDepsTemp)
 	$(Verb) $(CMP) -s $@ $< || ( $(CP) $< $@ && \