diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index d8c279ab926..123292f48d8 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -524,9 +524,11 @@ sub mkvcbuild
 		my $perl_path = $solution->{options}->{perl} . '\lib\CORE\*perl*';
 
 		# ActivePerl 5.16 provided perl516.lib; 5.18 provided libperl518.a
+		# Starting with ActivePerl 5.24, both  perlnn.lib and libperlnn.a are provided.
+		# In this case, prefer .lib.
 		my @perl_libs =
 		  grep { /perl\d+\.lib$|libperl\d+\.a$/ } glob($perl_path);
-		if (@perl_libs == 1)
+		if (@perl_libs > 0)
 		{
 			$plperl->AddLibrary($perl_libs[0]);
 		}