diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim pacman-3.2.1/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim	2008-12-10 04:15:48.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim	2008-12-10 04:15:57.000000000 -0600
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
 " options
 syn keyword pb_k_options options contained
-syn match pbOptions /\(no\)\?\(strip\|docs\|libtool\|emptydirs\|zipman\|ccache\|distcc\|makeflags\|force\)/ contained
+syn match pbOptions /\(no\)\?\(strip\|docs\|libtool\|emptydirs\|zipman\|ccache\|distcc\|makeflags\|force\|perlinfo\)/ contained
 syn match   pbOptionsNeg     /\!/ contained
 syn match   pbOptionsDeprec  /no/ contained
 syn region pbOptionsGroup start=/^options=(/ end=/)/ contains=pb_k_options,pbOptions,pbOptionsNeg,pbOptionsDeprec,pbIllegalOption,shDoubleQuote,shSingleQuote
diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf	2008-12-10 04:15:48.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf	2008-12-10 04:15:57.000000000 -0600
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@
 #-- docs:      Save doc and info directories
 #-- libtool:   Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
 #-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
+#-- perlinfo:  Leave perllocal.pod and .packlist files in packages
 #-- zipman:    Compress manpages with gzip
 #
-OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman)
+OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs perlinfo zipman)
 
 #-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
 INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf.in
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in	2008-12-10 04:15:48.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf.in	2008-12-10 04:15:57.000000000 -0600
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@
 #-- docs:      Save doc and info directories
 #-- libtool:   Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
 #-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
+#-- perlinfo:  Leave perllocal.pod and .packlist files in packages
 #-- zipman:    Compress manpages with gzip
 #
-OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman)
+OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs perlinfo zipman)
 
 #-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
 INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/scripts/makepkg.sh.in pacman-3.2.1/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/scripts/makepkg.sh.in	2008-12-10 04:15:48.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/scripts/makepkg.sh.in	2008-12-10 04:16:11.000000000 -0600
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 startdir="$PWD"
 srcdir="$startdir/src"
 pkgdir="$startdir/pkg"
-known_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'ccache' 'distcc' 'makeflags' 'force')
+known_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'ccache' 'distcc' 'makeflags' 'force' 'perlinfo')
 readonly -a known_options
 
 # Options
@@ -780,6 +780,12 @@
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing empty directories...")"
 		find . -depth -type d -empty -delete
 	fi
+
+	if [ "$(check_option perlinfo)" = "n" ]; then
+		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing perllocal.pod and .packlist files...")"
+		find . -type f \( -name 'perllocal.pod' -o -name '.packlist' \) -delete
+		find . -depth -type d -empty -delete
+	fi
 }
 
 create_package() {