diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 45576d9..8db56d5 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension NetAddr::IP
 
+4.072 Mon Jan 27 11:59:58 PST 2014
+        modify Makefile.PL to bypass missing 'pod2text'
+
 4.071 Mon Sep 30 13:41:03 PDT 2013
 	add method "canon" by request from <tom.jones@bccx.com>
 
diff --git a/IP.pm b/IP.pm
index 5d01e1a..25aa711 100644
--- a/IP.pm
+++ b/IP.pm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter NetAddr::IP::Lite);
 
-$VERSION = do { sprintf " %d.%03d", (q$Revision: 4.71 $ =~ /\d+/g) };
+$VERSION = do { sprintf " %d.%03d", (q$Revision: 4.72 $ =~ /\d+/g) };
 
 $rfc3021 = 0;
 
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
 This software is (c) Luis E. Muñoz, 1999 - 2007, and (c) Michael
-Robinton, 2006 - 2012.
+Robinton, 2006 - 2014.
 
 All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/Lite/Changes b/Lite/Changes
index d4206fb..fca0bd0 100644
--- a/Lite/Changes
+++ b/Lite/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension NetAddr::IP::Lite
 
+1.52  Mon Jan 27 11:59:58 PST 2014
+        modify Makefile.PL to bypass missing 'pod2text'
+
 1.51  Thu Sep 12 12:54:22 PDT 2013
 	add new6FFFF, RFC4291 compliant ipv4->ipV6 new
 
diff --git a/Lite/Lite.pm b/Lite/Lite.pm
index a01e67b..50d4752 100644
--- a/Lite/Lite.pm
+++ b/Lite/Lite.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK $VERSION $Accept_Binary_IP $Old_nth $AUTOLOAD *Zero);
 
-$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.51 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
+$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.52 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
 
 require Exporter;
 
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
  This software is (c) Luis E. Muñoz, 1999 - 2005
- and (c) Michael Robinton, 2006 - 2012.
+ and (c) Michael Robinton, 2006 - 2014.
 
 All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/Lite/Makefile.PL b/Lite/Makefile.PL
index ab98400..643899d 100644
--- a/Lite/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Lite/Makefile.PL
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@
 }
 
 sub MY::post_constants {
-  my $post_constants = q|
-MY_POD2TEXT = |. $Config{scriptdirexp} .'/pod2text' .q|
+  my $post_constants = $Config{scriptdirexp} .'/pod2text';
+  if (-e $post_constants) {
+    $post_constants = q|
+MY_POD2TEXT = |. $post_constants .q|
 |;
+  } else {   
+    $post_constants = q|
+MY_POD2TEXT = echo "perl distro missing 'pod2text' to convert " |;
+  }
 }
 
 sub MY::postamble {
diff --git a/Lite/README b/Lite/README
index 1cad531..9c6b418 100644
--- a/Lite/README
+++ b/Lite/README
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 
 COPYRIGHT
      This software is (c) Luis E. Muñoz, 1999 - 2005
-     and (c) Michael Robinton, 2006 - 2012.
+     and (c) Michael Robinton, 2006 - 2014.
 
     All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/Lite/Util/Changes b/Lite/Util/Changes
index 21391eb..b7fedef 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/Changes
+++ b/Lite/Util/Changes
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+1.51  Mon Jan 27 11:59:58 PST 2014
+        modify Makefile.PL to bypass missing 'pod2text'
+
 1.50  Tue Apr  9 12:02:34 PDT 2013
 	changed Makefile.PL to check for config.h when building for XS
 	with 'gcc', try building with 'cc', and check again.
diff --git a/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL b/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL
index b7513c6..894e9f0 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL
@@ -233,9 +233,15 @@
 }
 
 sub MY::post_constants {
-  my $post_constants = q|
-MY_POD2TEXT = |. $Config{scriptdirexp} .'/pod2text' .q|
+  my $post_constants = $Config{scriptdirexp} .'/pod2text';
+  if (-e $post_constants) {
+    $post_constants = q|
+MY_POD2TEXT = |. $post_constants .q|
 |;
+  } else {   
+    $post_constants = q|
+MY_POD2TEXT = echo "perl distro missing 'pod2text' to convert " |;
+  }
 }
 
 sub MY::postamble {
diff --git a/Lite/Util/README b/Lite/Util/README
index 0e515dd..fdc3f17 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/README
+++ b/Lite/Util/README
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
     Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>
 
 COPYRIGHT
-    Copyright 2003 - 2013, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>
+    Copyright 2003 - 2014, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>
 
     All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/Lite/Util/Util.pm b/Lite/Util/Util.pm
index ca75b93..f1cecd1 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/Util.pm
+++ b/Lite/Util/Util.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
 
-$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.50 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
+$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.51 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
 
 @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 	inet_aton
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2003 - 2013, Michael Robinton E<lt>michael@bizsystems.comE<gt>
+Copyright 2003 - 2014, Michael Robinton E<lt>michael@bizsystems.comE<gt>
 
 All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index c2d64ed..3d5e58c 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- #YAML:1.0
 name:                NetAddr-IP
-version:             4.071
+version:             4.072
 abstract:            Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
 license:             ~
 author: