diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 282dd4e..8eace92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         perl -v
 
-    - name: Customize environment
+    - name: Install support modules
+      continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         cpanm -v
         cpanm File::HomeDir Getopt::Long version
+
+    - name: Customize environment
+      run: |
         perl .github/workflows/environment.PL
 
     - name: Display local envoronment variables
diff --git a/.github/workflows/environment.PL b/.github/workflows/environment.PL
index 7422f5f..9df12d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/environment.PL
+++ b/.github/workflows/environment.PL
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use 5.006002;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use File::HomeDir;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use version;
 
@@ -45,8 +44,21 @@ sub compute_environment {
         dos         => 1,
     }->{$^O} || '';
     my $is_unix = $is_windows ? '' : 1;
+    my $my_home;
+    {
+        local $@ = undef;
+        eval {
+            require File::HomeDir;
+            $my_home = File::HomeDir->my_home();
+            print "Home from File::HomeDir\n";
+            1;
+        } or do {
+            $my_home = $ENV{HOME};
+            print "Home from \$HOME\n";
+        };
+    }
     my %env = (
-        MY_HOME             => File::HomeDir->my_home(),
+        MY_HOME             => $my_home,
         MY_IS_GITHUB_ACTION => 1,
         MY_IS_UNIX          => $is_unix,
         MY_IS_WINDOWS       => $is_windows,