diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf
index a861c3e..ece6dd0 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@
 LAYERVERSION_perl-layer = "1"
 
 LAYERDEPENDS_perl-layer = "core openembedded-layer"
+
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_perl-layer = "sumo"