diff --git a/t/t9603-cvsimport-patchsets.sh b/t/t9603-cvsimport-patchsets.sh
index 52034c8f77..c4c3c49546 100755
--- a/t/t9603-cvsimport-patchsets.sh
+++ b/t/t9603-cvsimport-patchsets.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_description='git cvsimport testing for correct patchset estimation'
 
 setup_cvs_test_repository t9603
 
-test_expect_failure 'import with criss cross times on revisions' '
+test_expect_failure PERL 'import with criss cross times on revisions' '
 
     git cvsimport -p"-x" -C module-git module &&
     (cd module-git &&
diff --git a/t/t9604-cvsimport-timestamps.sh b/t/t9604-cvsimport-timestamps.sh
index 1fd51423ee..a4b3db24bd 100755
--- a/t/t9604-cvsimport-timestamps.sh
+++ b/t/t9604-cvsimport-timestamps.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ test_description='git cvsimport timestamps'
 
 setup_cvs_test_repository t9604
 
-test_expect_success 'check timestamps are UTC (TZ=CST6CDT)' '
+test_expect_success PERL 'check timestamps are UTC (TZ=CST6CDT)' '
 
 	TZ=CST6CDT git cvsimport -p"-x" -C module-1 module &&
 	git cvsimport -p"-x" -C module-1 module &&
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test_expect_success 'check timestamps are UTC (TZ=CST6CDT)' '
 	test_cmp actual-1 expect-1
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'check timestamps with author-specific timezones' '
+test_expect_success PERL 'check timestamps with author-specific timezones' '
 
 	cat >cvs-authors <<-EOF &&
 	user1=User One <user1@domain.org>