diff --git a/db/dbupdate.in b/db/dbupdate.in
index 875fa8814223d92bf68e90e04c204c9d40c3df42..e7cdfec5d2a431a56a19f8fde9c4e4505fb3a8e3 100644
--- a/db/dbupdate.in
+++ b/db/dbupdate.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2012 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2018 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # 
 # {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
 # 
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
     # Undefine this to make sure we get a new version each file.
     undef &DoUpdate;
 
+    # Perl 5.26 change.
+    $file = "./$file";
+    
     # This just loads the file.
     my $return = do $file;
     if (!defined($return)) {