diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index f8a6ec2e846b531eafaf897c5e6c054cf7cdd740..f43b5bfa36d25513eb39298939e33c33f282730f 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -913,7 +913,11 @@ $config{cross_compile_prefix} = $ENV{'CROSS_COMPILE'}
     if $config{cross_compile_prefix} eq "";
 
 # Allow overriding the names of some tools.  USE WITH CARE
+# Note: only Unix cares about HASHBANGPERL...  that explains
+# the default string.
 $config{perl} =    $ENV{'PERL'}    || ($^O ne "VMS" ? $^X : "perl");
+$config{hashbangperl} =
+    $ENV{'HASHBANGPERL'}           || $ENV{'PERL'}     || "/usr/bin/env perl";
 $target{cc} =      $ENV{'CC'}      || $target{cc}      || "cc";
 $target{ranlib} =  $ENV{'RANLIB'}  || $target{ranlib}  ||
                    (which("$config{cross_compile_prefix}ranlib") ?
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 29db22ea75003217f971c94acdd1d1714b3b0016..0f246060fa7cb3d43eef42fd100bb1195fecd4ff 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -722,7 +722,14 @@
                 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held.
 
  PERL
-                The name of the Perl executable to use.
+                The name of the Perl executable to use when building OpenSSL.
+
+ HASHBANGPERL
+                The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
+                #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
+                Default: /usr/bin/env perl
+                Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
+                on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
 
  RC
                 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
diff --git a/apps/CA.pl.in b/apps/CA.pl.in
index 0dec24c36f28e6e54414a2bcd48e94189190518d..3187e473d236f5d1e2ba0ec83c6b52b332cf2544 100644
--- a/apps/CA.pl.in
+++ b/apps/CA.pl.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!{- $config{perl} -}
+#!{- $config{hashbangperl} -}
 # Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
diff --git a/apps/tsget.in b/apps/tsget.in
index 7067111552448be4f072c193badf643d200941ae..89d1bc7ea384ed0ba35de2a122b3f6b22416d0cf 100644
--- a/apps/tsget.in
+++ b/apps/tsget.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!{- $config{perl} -}
+#!{- $config{hashbangperl} -}
 # Copyright (c) 2002 The OpenTSA Project. All rights reserved.
 # Copyright 2002-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 #
diff --git a/tools/c_rehash.in b/tools/c_rehash.in
index 949e44f0751072cf0f9cc8146d0aac26ee9c924c..2fef62784fade48967c2c8a203deb8442ac07ed8 100644
--- a/tools/c_rehash.in
+++ b/tools/c_rehash.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!{- $config{perl} -}
+#!{- $config{hashbangperl} -}
 
 # {- join("\n# ", @autowarntext) -}
 # Copyright 1999-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.