diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
index 2f91f44..60c20d5 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config;
 use version; # ensure we always have version.pm
 use Carp;
 use File::Path;
-my $CAN_DECODE = eval { require ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale; }; # 2 birds, 1 stone
-eval { ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale::reinit('UTF-8') }
+my $CAN_DECODE = eval { require Encode::Locale; }; # 2 birds, 1 stone
+eval { Encode::Locale::reinit('UTF-8') }
   if $CAN_DECODE and Encode::find_encoding('locale')->name eq 'ascii';
 
 our $Verbose = 0;       # exported