1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl/Git/I18N.pm b/perl/Git/I18N.pm
index 07597dcb93..40dd897191 100644
--- a/perl/Git/I18N.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/I18N.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ package Git::I18N;
 use 5.008;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Exporter 'import';
+BEGIN {
+	require Exporter;
+	if ($] < 5.008003) {
+		*import = \&Exporter::import;
+	} else {
+		# Exporter 5.57 which supports this invocation was
+		# released with perl 5.8.3
+		Exporter->import('import');
+	}
+}
 
 our @EXPORT = qw(__);
 our @EXPORT_OK = @EXPORT;