diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 959f04b494..2417057f2b 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 use 5.008;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+# handle ACL in file access tests
+use filetest 'access';
 use CGI qw(:standard :escapeHTML -nosticky);
 use CGI::Util qw(unescape);
 use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser set_message);