--- lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm;-0	Fri Dec 17 05:21:06 2004
+++ lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm	Fri Dec 17 14:51:26 2004
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ $VERSION = '1.46_01';
 require ExtUtils::MM_Any;
 @ISA = qw(ExtUtils::MM_Any);
 
+BEGIN {
+    # so we can compile the thing on non-VMS platforms.
+    if( $^O eq 'VMS' ) {
+        require VMS::Filespec;
+        VMS::Filespec->import;
+    }
+}
+
 $Is_OS2     = $^O eq 'os2';
 $Is_Win32   = $^O eq 'MSWin32' || $Config{osname} eq 'NetWare';
 $Is_Win95   = $Is_Win32 && Win32::IsWin95();