diff --git a/make/swig.mk b/make/swig.mk
index f6ad83d4..fb27893a 100644
--- a/make/swig.mk
+++ b/make/swig.mk
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ all:
 %.pyc: %.py
 	python2 -m py_compile $<
 
+else ifeq ($(SWIG_TARGET),perl)
+
+  SWIG_LANG                  ?= perl
+  SWIG_TARGET_EXT            ?= pm
+  SWIG_OPTS                  ?= -perl
+  PERL_VERSION               ?= $(patsubst v%,%,$(shell perl -e 'print $$^V;'))
+  PERL_BASE_DIR              ?= $(ENV_PREFIX)/usr/lib/perl5
+  PERL_CORE_DIR              ?= $(PERL_BASE_DIR)/$(PERL_VERSION)/$(ARCH)-linux-thread-multi/CORE/
+  PERL_VENDOR_DIR            ?= $(PERL_BASE_DIR)/vendor_perl/$(PERL_VERSION)/$(ARCH)-linux-thread-multi
+  INCLUDE                    += -I$(PERL_CORE_DIR)
+  SWIG_CLEAN                 += $(wildcard *.$(SWIG_TARGET_EXT))
+  INSTALL_LIBDIR              = $(PERL_VENDOR_DIR)/auto/$(SWIG_MODULE)
+  SWIG_MODULE_TARGET_DIR      = $(PERL_VENDOR_DIR)
+
 else
 
   $(error SWIG_TARGET=$(SWIG_TARGET) undefined or unknown)