diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index bb59c1588b..1e3d8ec5a7 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -4014,7 +4014,7 @@ rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
       LDFLAGS=$ldflags_save
       if test $perl_ok = yes; then
 	if test "X$perlcppflags" != "X"; then
-	  PERL_CFLAGS="$perlcppflags"
+	  	  PERL_CFLAGS=`echo "$perlcppflags" | sed 's/-pipe //'`
 	fi
 	if test "X$perlldflags" != "X"; then
 	  LDFLAGS="$perlldflags $LDFLAGS"
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 8c33500fb0..3e8bf34b74 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@ if test "$enable_perlinterp" = "yes"; then
       LDFLAGS=$ldflags_save
       if test $perl_ok = yes; then
 	if test "X$perlcppflags" != "X"; then
-	  PERL_CFLAGS="$perlcppflags"
+	  dnl remove -pipe, it confuses cproto
+	  PERL_CFLAGS=`echo "$perlcppflags" | sed 's/-pipe //'`
 	fi
 	if test "X$perlldflags" != "X"; then
 	  LDFLAGS="$perlldflags $LDFLAGS"
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 21a904aaf2..681d539339 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    88,
 /**/
     87,
 /**/