diff --git a/.bash.d/paths.sh b/.bash.d/paths.sh
index 36f1d3ac..04296d9c 100644
--- a/.bash.d/paths.sh
+++ b/.bash.d/paths.sh
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ fi
 if [ -d ~/perl5/bin ]; then
     add_PATH ~/perl5/bin
 fi
+# to prevent Empty compile time value given to use lib at /Users/hari/perl5/lib/perl5/perl5lib.pm line 17.
+PERL5LIB="${PERL5LIB##:}"
 
 alias lsperlbin='ls -d ~/perl5/bin/* 2>/dev/null'
 alias llperlbin='ls -ld ~/perl5/bin/* 2>/dev/null'