use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; package MY; sub test_via_harness { my($self, $perl, $tests) = @_; local $_ = $self->SUPER::test_via_harness($perl, $tests); s/PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1//g; return $_; } sub test_via_script { my($self, $perl, $tests) = @_; local $_ = $self->SUPER::test_via_script($perl, $tests); s/PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1//g; return $_; } package main; # rest of your Makefile.PL