diff --git a/lib/perl/Makefile.am b/lib/perl/Makefile.am
index 84009bd..8b72436 100644
--- a/lib/perl/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/perl/Makefile.am
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	README.md
 
 THRIFT = @top_builddir@/compiler/cpp/thrift
-THRIFT_IF = @top_srcdir@/test/ThriftTest.thrift
+THRIFT_IF = @top_srcdir@/test/v0.16/ThriftTest.thrift
 NAME_BENCHMARKSERVICE =  @top_srcdir@/lib/rb/benchmark/Benchmark.thrift
 NAME_AGGR = @top_srcdir@/contrib/async-test/aggr.thrift