diff --git a/util/perl/with_fallback.pm b/util/perl/with_fallback.pm
index 2af1d5fbd50d08fd5c77f9fb2308cb2f835a214e..fc5638ddf0db7e686d729a9bd4fe454e947246ee 100644
--- a/util/perl/with_fallback.pm
+++ b/util/perl/with_fallback.pm
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@
 package with_fallback;
 
 sub import {
+    shift;
+
     use File::Basename;
     use File::Spec::Functions;
     foreach (@_) {
-	eval "require $_";
+	eval "use $_";
 	if ($@) {
 	    unshift @INC, catdir(dirname(__FILE__),
                                  "..", "..", "external", "perl");
 	    my $transfer = "transfer::$_";
-	    eval "require $transfer";
+	    eval "use $transfer";
 	    shift @INC;
 	    warn $@ if $@;
 	}