diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index b526be7985..977f80b469 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	bin \
 	pl \
 	makefiles \
-	test/regress
+	test/regress \
+	test/perl
 
 # There are too many interdependencies between the subdirectories, so
 # don't attempt parallel make here.
diff --git a/src/test/Makefile b/src/test/Makefile
index 7f7754f3ee..6b40cf50ed 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ subdir = src/test
 top_builddir = ../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-SUBDIRS = regress isolation modules recovery
+SUBDIRS = perl regress isolation modules recovery
 
 # We don't build or execute examples/, locale/, or thread/ by default,
 # but we do want "make clean" etc to recurse into them.  Likewise for ssl/,
diff --git a/src/test/perl/Makefile b/src/test/perl/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ab60fc326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/perl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Makefile for src/test/perl
+#
+# Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2016, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+# Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+#
+# src/test/perl/Makefile
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+subdir = src/test/perl
+top_builddir = ../../..
+include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
+
+ifeq ($(enable_tap_tests),yes)
+
+installdirs:
+	$(MKDIR_P) '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)'
+
+install: all installdirs
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/TestLib.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/TestLib.pm'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/SimpleTee.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/SimpleTee.pm'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/RecursiveCopy.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/RecursiveCopy.pm'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/PostgresNode.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgresNode.pm'
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/TestLib.pm'
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/SimpleTee.pm'
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/RecursiveCopy.pm'
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgresNode.pm'
+
+endif