diff --git a/magic/Magdir/c-lang b/magic/Magdir/c-lang

index 0665627..fdefa8c 100644

--- a/magic/Magdir/c-lang

+++ b/magic/Magdir/c-lang

@@ -6,26 +6,36 @@

 # BCPL

 0	search/8192	"libhdr"	BCPL source text

 !:mime	text/x-bcpl

+!:strength / 2

 0	search/8192	"LIBHDR"	BCPL source text

 !:mime	text/x-bcpl

+!:strength / 2

 # C

 0	regex	\^#include	C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	regex	\^char		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	regex	\^double		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	regex	\^extern		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	regex	\^float		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	regex	\^struct		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	regex	\^union		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 0	search/8192	main(		C source text

 !:mime	text/x-c

+!:strength / 2

 # C++

 # The strength of these rules is increased so they beat the C rules above

diff --git a/magic/Magdir/perl b/magic/Magdir/perl

index e11f2ab..b02b2c2 100644

--- a/magic/Magdir/perl

+++ b/magic/Magdir/perl

@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@

 # check the first line

 0	search/1	package

 >0	regex		\^package[\ \t]+[0-9A-Za-z_:]+\ *;	Perl5 module source text

+# to be tried before C source

+!:strength + 5

 # not 'p', check other lines

 0	search/1	!p

 >0	regex		\^package[\ \t]+[0-9A-Za-z_:]+\ *;

 >>0	regex		\^1\ *;|\^(use|sub|my)\ .*[(;{=]	Perl5 module source text

+# to be tried before C source

+!:strength + 40