diff --git a/projects/build-openssl.bat b/projects/build-openssl.bat
index 9081b46b21..0773e07db5 100644
--- a/projects/build-openssl.bat
+++ b/projects/build-openssl.bat
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ rem ***************************************************************************
   if errorlevel 1 (
     rem It isn't so check we have it installed and set the path if it is
     if exist "%SystemDrive%\Perl" (
-      set "PATH=%PATH%;%SystemDrive%\Perl\bin"
+      set "PATH=%SystemDrive%\Perl\bin;%PATH%"
     ) else (
       if exist "%SystemDrive%\Perl64" (
         set "PATH=%SystemDrive%\Perl64\bin;%PATH%"
diff --git a/projects/checksrc.bat b/projects/checksrc.bat
index 5359e5ff06..fecfb5bd62 100644
--- a/projects/checksrc.bat
+++ b/projects/checksrc.bat
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rem ***************************************************************************
   if errorlevel 1 (
     rem It isn't so check we have it installed and set the path if it is
     if exist "%SystemDrive%\Perl" (
-      set "PATH=%PATH%;%SystemDrive%\Perl\bin"
+      set "PATH=%SystemDrive%\Perl\bin;%PATH%"
     ) else (
       if exist "%SystemDrive%\Perl64" (
         set "PATH=%SystemDrive%\Perl64\bin;%PATH%"