diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 694a38238..ea90fc5e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-12-11  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* acinclude.m4 (MC_EXTFS_CHECKS): Add check for Perl.
+	* configure.in: Substitute Perl location in all extfs scripts
+	written in Perl.
+
 2002-12-11  David Martin  <dmartina@excite.com>
 
 	* doc/xnc.hlp: Update GPL (change FSF address
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index df6a7c1da..76bba3b0c 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MC_EXTFS_CHECKS], [
 	HAVE_ZIPINFO=0
     fi
     AC_SUBST([HAVE_ZIPINFO])
+    AC_PATH_PROG([PERL], [perl], [/usr/bin/perl])
 ])
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bf89864dd..354c0203e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -575,12 +575,20 @@ m4/Makefile
 
 lib/mc.ext
 
+vfs/extfs/a
+vfs/extfs/apt
 vfs/extfs/audio
 vfs/extfs/deb
+vfs/extfs/deba
+vfs/extfs/debd
+vfs/extfs/dpkg
 vfs/extfs/lslR
+vfs/extfs/mailfs
+vfs/extfs/patchfs
+vfs/extfs/rpms
 vfs/extfs/uar
-vfs/extfs/ulha 
 vfs/extfs/uha
+vfs/extfs/ulha 
 vfs/extfs/urar
 vfs/extfs/uzip
 vfs/extfs/uzoo