diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 854aea559..a977fb933 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 7.8.6
  - fixed #11250: i18n Asset_EMSSubmissionForm::delete created items label help
+ - fixed #11251: perload.perl tries to load t/lib/WebGUI/Test.pm
 
 7.8.5
  - added the EMS submission subsystem
diff --git a/sbin/preload.perl b/sbin/preload.perl
index 103016bec..1d2cf228b 100644
--- a/sbin/preload.perl
+++ b/sbin/preload.perl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use strict;
 
 my $webguiRoot = '/data/WebGUI';
 
-unshift @INC, $webguiRoot . "/lib";
+@INC = "$webguiRoot/lib", grep { $_ ne q{.} } @INC;
 
 # add custom lib directories to library search path
 unshift @INC, grep {