diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 30233bbc..c5f8b694 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Building //csharp directory
       run: bazel build //csharp/...
+
+    - name: Building //perl directory
+      run: bazel build //perl/...
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diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4224bced..34227417 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -237,3 +237,18 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_dotnet//dotnet:defs.bzl", "dotnet_register_toolchains", "d
 dotnet_register_toolchains()
 
 dotnet_repositories_nugets()
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_perl",
+    sha256 = "8a7a33cb3c81a0677f11b1a9c5384bc9eefaec833913bd313a6494c2783a6046",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_perl-022b8daf2bb4836ac7a50e4a1d8ea056a3e1e403",
+    urls = [
+        "https://storage.googleapis.com/engflow-tools-public/rules_perl-022b8daf2bb4836ac7a50e4a1d8ea056a3e1e403.zip",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_perl/archive/022b8daf2bb4836ac7a50e4a1d8ea056a3e1e403.zip",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@rules_perl//perl:deps.bzl", "perl_register_toolchains", "perl_rules_dependencies")
+
+perl_rules_dependencies()
+perl_register_toolchains()
diff --git a/perl/BUILD b/perl/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20793dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+load("@rules_perl//perl:perl.bzl", "perl_binary")
+
+perl_binary(
+    name = "perl",
+    srcs = ["hello_world.pl"]
+)
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diff --git a/perl/hello_world.pl b/perl/hello_world.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0365438c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/hello_world.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+print("Hello, World!\n");
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