diff --git a/lib/perl/Makefile.am b/lib/perl/Makefile.am
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+SUBDIRS = test
+
+Makefile-perl.mk : Makefile.PL
+	$(PERL) Makefile.PL MAKEFILE=Makefile-perl.mk
+
+all-local: Makefile-perl.mk
+	$(MAKE) -f Makefile-perl.mk
+	find blib -name 'Makefile*' -exec rm -f {} \;
+
+check-local:
+	$(PERL) -Iblib/lib -I@abs_srcdir@ -I@builddir@/test/gen-perl \
+		@abs_srcdir@/test.pl @abs_srcdir@/test/*.t
+
+install-exec-local: Makefile-perl.mk
+	$(MAKE) -f Makefile-perl.mk install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)/
+
+clean-local: Makefile-perl.mk
+	$(MAKE) -f Makefile-perl.mk clean
+	rm -f Makefile-perl.mk.old
+
+EXTRA_DIST = MANIFEST \
+	Makefile.PL \
+	test.pl \
+	lib/Thrift.pm \
+	lib/Thrift.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/BinaryProtocol.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/BufferedTransport.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/FramedTransport.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/HttpClient.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/MemoryBuffer.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/Protocol.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/Socket.pm \
+	lib/Thrift/Transport.pm