diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a8c6957d1..3d1d6a8f0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ cmake (2.6.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Use quilt.make rather than custom quilt patch implementation.
   * Make debian/rules dpkg-buildpackage -jX safe and support parallel
     in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS (Closes: #538826).
+  * Add FindPerlLibs.cmake-perl-5.10.diff patch which adds perl 5.10 support in
+    FindPerlLibs.cmake  (Closes: #541609). Thanks to Joshua Rubin.
 
- -- Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>  Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:06:53 +0300
+ -- Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:35:21 +0300
 
 cmake (2.6.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/FindPerlLibs.cmake-perl-5.10.diff b/debian/patches/FindPerlLibs.cmake-perl-5.10.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7dc1fb31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/FindPerlLibs.cmake-perl-5.10.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/Modules/FindPerlLibs.cmake
++++ b/Modules/FindPerlLibs.cmake
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ #
+ 
+ SET(PERL_POSSIBLE_INCLUDE_PATHS
++  /usr/lib/perl/5.10.0/CORE
+   /usr/lib/perl/5.8.3/CORE
+   /usr/lib/perl/5.8.2/CORE
+   /usr/lib/perl/5.8.1/CORE
+@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
+ ENDIF(PERL_EXECUTABLE)
+ 
+ FIND_LIBRARY(PERL_LIBRARY
+-  NAMES ${PERL_POSSIBLE_LIBRARY_NAME} perl5.8.0
++  NAMES ${PERL_POSSIBLE_LIBRARY_NAME} perl5.8.0 perl
+   PATHS ${PERL_POSSIBLE_LIB_PATHS}
+   )
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 779082b41..4698b0712 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ kfreebsd-Platform.diff
 executables-dont-need-fpic.diff
 manpage_friendly_docs.diff
 fix_bashisms.diff
+FindPerlLibs.cmake-perl-5.10.diff