diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index 20f426af7..0b541be4c 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
        lua             ; one-based indices? one-based indices
        markdown        ; writing docs for people to ignore
        ocaml           ; an objective camel
+       perl            ; write code no one else can comprehend
        php             ; make php less awful to work with
        purescript      ; javascript, but functional
        python          ; beautiful is better than ugly
diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/config.el b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8cd654ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+;;; lang/perl/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; There's also `perl-mode' for perl < 6, which is already set up.
+(when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
+  (add-hook 'perl-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+
+
+(def-package! perl6-mode
+  :init (require 'perl6-detect))
+
+
+(def-package! flycheck-perl6
+  :after perl6-mode
+  :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
+  :config (add-hook 'perl6-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/packages.el b/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a87fd4b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; lang/perl/packages.el
+
+(package! perl6-mode)
+
+(when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
+  (package! flycheck-perl6))