diff --git a/perl.json b/perl.json
index 68d72784bb..7e4225cce5 100644
--- a/perl.json
+++ b/perl.json
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 			"hash": "sha1:844e7c2d741bda915ece0688bf3a00ab12577460"
 		}
 	},
+	"post_install":"
+		# enable standard idiomatic access to user's home directory
+		## remove HomeDir section from portable.perl (disables Portable.pm override of File::HomeDir)
+		## NOTE: conversion to byte[] avoids adding an extra trailing newline to the output file
+		[byte[]][char[]]((Get-Content -raw $dir\\portable.perl) -replace \"(?ms)^HomeDir:.*?^(?=\\S)\",\"\") | Set-Content $dir\\portable.perl -encoding byte
+	",
 	"env_add_path": [ "perl\\site\\bin", "perl\\bin", "c\\bin" ],
 	"checkver": "<b>Recommended version:</b></p>\\s*<a[^>]*><b>Strawberry Perl ([0-9\\.]+) \\(32bit\\)</b>"
 }