diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/Makefile b/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/Makefile
index 1b33997c8acb..849c49ef46d7 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	XML-SimpleObject
-PORTVERSION=	0.41
+PORTVERSION=	0.53
 CATEGORIES=	textproc perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	XML
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
-DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}
+
+WRKSRC?=	${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	API for accessing the structure of an XML document
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/distinfo b/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/distinfo
index cac888a4fd3e..08c65102e3b7 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (XML-SimpleObject0.41.tar.gz) = 81a4c7b8d102e8bcb1e06049783cb5c4
+MD5 (XML-SimpleObject-0.53.tar.gz) = 7826c2f27c36b90bfe731e0001da1021
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/pkg-plist b/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/pkg-plist
index 663ad20dc1ef..f8905fdb4b8c 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SimpleObject/pkg-plist
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SimpleObject/.packlist
-lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML/SimpleObject.pm
-lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML/ex.pl
-@dirrm lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SimpleObject
-@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML 2>/dev/null || true
-@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML 2>/dev/null || true
+%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SimpleObject/.packlist
+%%SITE_PERL%%/XML/SimpleObject.pm
+%%SITE_PERL%%/XML/ex.pl
+@dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SimpleObject
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/XML 2>/dev/null || true