diff --git a/hunspell-en.spec b/hunspell-en.spec
index be3577d..9579c33 100644
--- a/hunspell-en.spec
+++ b/hunspell-en.spec
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ UK English hunspell dictionaries
 
 %build
 make
+export PERL5LIB=`pwd`/scowl/r/varcon${PERL5LIB:+:${PERL5LIB}}
 cd scowl/speller
 make hunspell
 for i in README_en_CA.txt README_en_US.txt; do