https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/b8097e9479a0aafd1182244c6f9a955c57fb6b1a

--- Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21/lib/Locale/Maketext/Simple.pm.orig
+++ Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21/lib/Locale/Maketext/Simple.pm
@@ -134,7 +134,12 @@
     my $pkg = join('::', grep { defined and length } $args{Class}, $args{Subclass});
     return $Loc{$pkg} if exists $Loc{$pkg};
 
-    eval { require Locale::Maketext::Lexicon; 1 }   or return;
+    eval {
+        local @INC = @INC;
+        pop @INC if $INC[-1] eq '.';
+        require Locale::Maketext::Lexicon;
+        1
+    } or return;
     $Locale::Maketext::Lexicon::VERSION > 0.20	    or return;
     eval { require File::Spec; 1 }		    or return;