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diff --git a/tests/require-perl b/tests/require-perl
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index 000000000..1f98edfe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/require-perl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+: ${PERL=perl}
+$PERL -e 'use warnings' > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo 1>&2 "$0: configure did not find a usable version of Perl," \
+    "so skipping this test"
+  (exit 77); exit 77
+}