diff --git a/lib/perl/Makefile.PL b/lib/perl/Makefile.PL
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+WriteMakefile( 'NAME' => 'Thrift',
+               'VERSION_FROM' => 'lib/Thrift.pm',
+               'PREREQ_PM'              => {
+                   'Bit::Vector' => 0,
+                   'Class::Accessor' => 0
+               },
+               ($] >= 5.005 ?
+ (                AUTHOR     => 'T Jake Luciani <jakers@gmail.com>') : ()),
+               );