diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 7594a46..8640a3c 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension NetAddr::IP
 
+4.027  Tue Jun  9 10:31:11 PDT 2009
+	In NetAddr::IP::Util v1.31,
+        ferret out shell value for Makefile.PL when calling
+        ./configure for systems where the 'x' bit gets lost
+        due to bug in Archive::Tar
+
 4.026  Sat Mar  7 16:35:33 PST 2009
         make the compiler test check the environment for
         CC before using Perl's default compiler
diff --git a/IP.pm b/IP.pm
index 3b89a8a..6e1432b 100644
--- a/IP.pm
+++ b/IP.pm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter NetAddr::IP::Lite);
 
-$VERSION = do { sprintf " %d.%03d", (q$Revision: 4.26 $ =~ /\d+/g) };
+$VERSION = do { sprintf " %d.%03d", (q$Revision: 4.27 $ =~ /\d+/g) };
 
 =pod
 
diff --git a/Lite/Util/Changes b/Lite/Util/Changes
index 2aa2ca7..cf5eb08 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/Changes
+++ b/Lite/Util/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension NetAddr::IP::Util
 
+1.31  Tue Jun  9 10:31:11 PDT 2009
+	ferret out shell value for Makefile.PL when calling
+	./configure for systems where the 'x' bit gets lost
+	due to bug in Archive::Tar
+
 1.30  Sat Mar  7 16:35:33 PST 2009
 	make the compiler test check the environment for
 	CC before using Perl's default compiler
diff --git a/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL b/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL
index 1cf53d9..d2e8236 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Lite/Util/Makefile.PL
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   delete $makeparms{'C'};
 
   unless (-e './config.h') {
-    system('./configure');
+    system $Config{sh}, 'configure';
   }
   my @LIBS;
   open(F,'config.h') or die "could not open config.h\n";
diff --git a/Lite/Util/Util.pm b/Lite/Util/Util.pm
index 3fcd3bc..7bed6be 100644
--- a/Lite/Util/Util.pm
+++ b/Lite/Util/Util.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
 
-$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.30 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
+$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.31 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
 
 @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 	inet_aton
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 957b7a3..9196c61 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- #YAML:1.0
 name:                NetAddr-IP
-version:             4.026
+version:             4.027
 abstract:            Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
 license:             ~
 author: