diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
index 38015ed2acd..dc37457f530 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
@@ -5539,7 +5539,7 @@ CHARS is a string that contains good characters to have before us (however,
 	   (forward-sexp -1)
 	   (not
 	    (looking-at
-	     "\\(map\\|grep\\|say\\|printf?\\|system\\|exec\\|tr\\|s\\)\\>")))))))
+	     "\\(map\\|grep\\|say\\|printf?\\|system\\|exec\\|tr\\|s\\)\\_>")))))))
 
 
 (defun cperl-indent-exp ()
diff --git a/test/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode-resources/cperl-indents.erts b/test/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode-resources/cperl-indents.erts
index ba35b1d0690..ab00e9ce6d4 100644
--- a/test/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode-resources/cperl-indents.erts
+++ b/test/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode-resources/cperl-indents.erts
@@ -79,3 +79,22 @@ class C
 
 say "done!";
 =-=-=
+
+Name: cperl-keyword-in-subname
+
+=-=
+# Bug#76851
+sub exec_fcn {
+}
+
+sub other {
+}
+=-=-=
+
+Name: cperl-keyword-without-space
+
+=-=
+# Bug#76851, message #13
+my %h = map{$_=>1}
+  @ARGV;
+=-=-=