diff --git a/git-fmt-merge-msg.perl b/git-fmt-merge-msg.perl
index e8fad02e75..1b23fa150b 100755
--- a/git-fmt-merge-msg.perl
+++ b/git-fmt-merge-msg.perl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Read .git/FETCH_HEAD and make a human readable merge message
 # by grouping branches and tags together to form a single line.
 
-unshift @INC, '@@INSTLIBDIR@@';
+BEGIN { unshift @INC, '@@INSTLIBDIR@@'; }
 use strict;
 use Git;
 use Error qw(:try);
diff --git a/git-mv.perl b/git-mv.perl
index f1bde4307b..a60489617e 100755
--- a/git-mv.perl
+++ b/git-mv.perl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # This file is licensed under the GPL v2, or a later version
 # at the discretion of Linus Torvalds.
 
-
+BEGIN { unshift @INC, '@@INSTLIBDIR@@'; }
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Std;