diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.thrift b/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
index 8a72f60..bf0ffa0 100755
--- a/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 namespace cpp tutorial
 namespace java tutorial
 php_namespace tutorial
-perl_package tutorial
+namespace perl tutorial
 namespace smalltalk.category Thrift.Tutorial
 
 /**