1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dist/Safe/Safe.pm b/dist/Safe/Safe.pm
index e33598ea2a..cc872802b1 100644
--- a/dist/Safe/Safe.pm
+++ b/dist/Safe/Safe.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package Safe;
 use 5.003_11;
 use strict;
 use Scalar::Util qw(reftype);
-use B qw(sub_generation);
 
 $Safe::VERSION = "2.25";
 
@@ -32,6 +31,18 @@ BEGIN { eval q{
     use Carp::Heavy;
 } }
 
+use B ();
+BEGIN {
+    no strict 'refs';
+    if (defined &B::sub_generation) {
+        *sub_generation = \&B::sub_generation;
+    }
+    else {
+        # fake sub generation changing for perls < 5.8.9
+        my $sg; *sub_generation = sub { ++$sg };
+    }
+}
+
 use Opcode 1.01, qw(
     opset opset_to_ops opmask_add
     empty_opset full_opset invert_opset verify_opset