use Devel::CheckOS qw(os_is); if(os_is('MSWin32')) { eval 'use MyApplication::Platform::Win32'; } elsif(os_is('MacOSX')) { eval 'use MyApplication::Platform::MacOSX'; } else { warn "not MSWin32 or MacOSX, falling back to defaults\n"; eval 'use MyApplication::Platform::Default'; }