1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index c5f69ae291..fb77773007 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -2267,8 +2267,12 @@ Perl_my_popen_list(pTHX_ char *mode, int n, SV **args)
 	 PerlLIO_close(pp[0]);
     return PerlIO_fdopen(p[This], mode);
 #else
+#  ifdef OS2	/* Same, without fork()ing and all extra overhead... */
+    return my_syspopen4(aTHX_ Nullch, mode, n, args);
+#  else
     Perl_croak(aTHX_ "List form of piped open not implemented");
     return (PerlIO *) NULL;
+#  endif
 #endif
 }