diff --git a/win32/hexchat.props b/win32/hexchat.props
index 4da1a3ff..453240d8 100644
--- a/win32/hexchat.props
+++ b/win32/hexchat.props
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<GendefPath>$(YourGendefPath)</GendefPath>
 		<MsgfmtPath>$(YourMsgfmtPath)</MsgfmtPath>
 		<PerlPath>$(YourPerlPath)\$(PlatformName)</PerlPath>
-		<PerlLib>perl517</PerlLib>
+		<PerlLib>perl518</PerlLib>
 		<PerlOutput>hcperl</PerlOutput>
 		<Python2Path>$(YourPython2Path)\$(PlatformName)</Python2Path>
 		<Python2Lib>python27</Python2Lib>