1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/make_ext.pl b/make_ext.pl
index 6425e37ea4..d6561b12e5 100644
--- a/make_ext.pl
+++ b/make_ext.pl
@@ -211,10 +211,11 @@ elsif ($is_VMS) {
 
 {
     # Cwd needs to be built before Encode recurses into subdirectories.
+    # Pod::Simple needs to be built before Pod::Functions
     # This seems to be the simplest way to ensure this ordering:
     my (@first, @other);
     foreach (@extspec) {
-	if ($_ eq 'Cwd') {
+	if ($_ eq 'Cwd' || $_ eq 'Pod/Simple') {
 	    push @first, $_;
 	} else {
 	    push @other, $_;