diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index add70096..888a72d0 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ my $module_build_args = {
     "IO::Socket::SSL" => 0,
     "IO::Uncompress::Gunzip" => 0,
     "IO::Uncompress::Unzip" => 0,
+    "Module::Load" => 0,
     "Net::DNS::Resolver" => 0,
     "Net::IDN::Encode" => 0,
     "Net::IP" => 0,
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index bddf60a5..6a665983 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ my %META = (
         "IO::Socket::SSL" => 0,
         "IO::Uncompress::Gunzip" => 0,
         "IO::Uncompress::Unzip" => 0,
+	"Module::Load" => 0,
         "Net::DNS::Resolver" => 0,
         "Net::IDN::Encode" => 0,
         "Net::IP" => 0,
diff --git a/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Receive.pm b/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Receive.pm
index 7ba15612..456acfbe 100644
--- a/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Receive.pm
+++ b/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Receive.pm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Email::Simple;
 use Encode;
 use IO::Uncompress::Unzip;
 use IO::Uncompress::Gunzip;
+use Module::Load;
 use XML::LibXML;
 
 use parent 'Mail::DMARC::Base';
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ require Mail::DMARC::Report::Aggregate::Record;
 
 sub from_imap {
     my $self = shift;
-    eval "require Net::IMAP::Simple";    ## no critic (Eval)
+    load "Net::IMAP::Simple";
     croak "Net::IMAP::Simple seems to not work, is it installed?" if $@;
 
     my $server = $self->config->{imap}{server} or croak "no imap server conf";
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ sub from_mbox {
 
     # TODO: replace this module
     # commented out due to build test failures
-    #   eval "require Mail::Mbox::MessageParser";    ## no critic (Eval)
+    #   load "Mail::Mbox::MessageParser";
     #   croak "is Mail::Mbox::MessageParser installed?" if $@;
 
     #   my $file_handle = FileHandle->new($file_name);
diff --git a/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Store.pm b/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Store.pm
index 4562e5b3..f26b392a 100644
--- a/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Store.pm
+++ b/lib/Mail/DMARC/Report/Store.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Carp;
+use Module::Load;
 
 use parent 'Mail::DMARC::Base';
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ sub backend {
 
     return $self->{$backend} if ref $self->{$backend};
     my $module = "Mail::DMARC::Report::Store::$backend";
-    eval "use $module";    ## no critic (Eval)
+    load $module;
     if ($@) {
         croak "Unable to load backend $backend: $@\n";
     }