diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/perl.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/perl.py
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+import unittest
+import os
+import shutil
+from oeqa.oetest import oeSDKTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeSDKTest.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-perl"):
+        skipModule("No perl package in the SDK")
+
+
+class PerlTest(oeSDKTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        for f in ['test.pl']:
+            shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(self.tc.filesdir, f), self.tc.sdktestdir + f)
+        self.testfile = self.tc.sdktestdir + "test.pl"
+
+    def test_perl_exists(self):
+        self._run('which perl')
+
+    def test_perl_works(self):
+        self._run('perl %s/test.pl' % self.tc.sdktestdir)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        bb.utils.remove("%s/test.pl" % self.tc.sdktestdir)