diff --git a/packages/perl/5.26.1/build.sh b/packages/perl/5.26.1/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1aed9eb..0000000
--- a/packages/perl/5.26.1/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-PREFIX=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-
-mkdir -p build
-
-cd build
-
-curl "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.26.1.tar.gz" -o perl.tar.gz
-tar xzf perl.tar.gz --strip-components=1
-./Configure -des -Dprefix="$PREFIX"
-
-make -j$(nproc)
-make install -j$(nproc)
-
-cd ..
-
-rm -rf build 
-
diff --git a/packages/perl/5.26.1/environment b/packages/perl/5.26.1/environment
deleted file mode 100644
index bd0ff98..0000000
--- a/packages/perl/5.26.1/environment
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
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diff --git a/packages/perl/5.26.1/metadata.json b/packages/perl/5.26.1/metadata.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 67a6624..0000000
--- a/packages/perl/5.26.1/metadata.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "language": "perl",
-    "version": "5.26.1",
-    "aliases": ["perl", "pl"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/perl/5.26.1/run b/packages/perl/5.26.1/run
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b8d77c..0000000
--- a/packages/perl/5.26.1/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-perl "$@"
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diff --git a/packages/perl/5.26.1/test.pl b/packages/perl/5.26.1/test.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f2688f..0000000
--- a/packages/perl/5.26.1/test.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-print("OK")
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diff --git a/runtimes/default.nix b/runtimes/default.nix
index 910bc8d..c9050d2 100644
--- a/runtimes/default.nix
+++ b/runtimes/default.nix
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ args: {
     "prolog" = import ./prolog.nix args;
     "ponylang" = import ./ponylang.nix args;
     "php" = import ./php.nix args;
+    "perl" = import ./perl.nix args;
 }
diff --git a/runtimes/perl.nix b/runtimes/perl.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f463bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/perl.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{pkgs, piston, ...}:
+let
+    pkg = pkgs.perl; 
+in piston.mkRuntime {
+    language = "perl";
+    version = pkg.version;
+
+    aliases = [
+        "pl"
+    ];
+
+    run = ''
+        ${pkg}/bin/perl "$@"
+    '';
+
+    tests = [
+        (piston.mkTest {
+            files = {
+                "test.pl" = ''
+                    print("OK")
+                '';
+            };
+            args = [];
+            stdin = "";
+            packages = [];
+            main = "test.pl";
+        })
+    ];
+}
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