diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index eb949bf0f1..56dd9f3943 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3444,6 +3444,7 @@ F:	package/perl-cgi/
 F:	package/perl-cgi-session/
 F:	package/perl-log-message/
 F:	package/perl-log-message-simple/
+F:	package/perl-switch/
 F:	package/ruby/
 F:	package/uclibc/
 F:	package/uclibc-ng-test/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 99d5b0e3b9..2e845f98db 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ menu "Perl libraries/modules"
 	source "package/perl-sub-exporter-progressive/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-sub-install/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-sub-quote/Config.in"
+	source "package/perl-switch/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-sys-cpu/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-sys-meminfo/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-sys-mmap/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/perl-switch/Config.in b/package/perl-switch/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1aee9ea13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-switch/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_SWITCH
+	bool "perl-switch"
+	help
+	  A switch statement for Perl, do not use if you can use
+	  given/when.
+
+	  https://metacpan.org/release/Switch
diff --git a/package/perl-switch/perl-switch.hash b/package/perl-switch/perl-switch.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41c29b00f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-switch/perl-switch.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# retrieved by scancpan from https://cpan.metacpan.org/
+md5  34e2b6dac0a43384505b4e036633cff0  Switch-2.17.tar.gz
+sha256  31354975140fe6235ac130a109496491ad33dd42f9c62189e23f49f75f936d75  Switch-2.17.tar.gz
+
+# computed by scancpan
+sha256  a2fa55566d0d94278ba43480b8f1bfa93f51e56088000a058ca34bd3a89893d7  README
diff --git a/package/perl-switch/perl-switch.mk b/package/perl-switch/perl-switch.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e09f4d3c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-switch/perl-switch.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# perl-switch
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PERL_SWITCH_VERSION = 2.17
+PERL_SWITCH_SOURCE = Switch-$(PERL_SWITCH_VERSION).tar.gz
+PERL_SWITCH_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/C/CH/CHORNY
+PERL_SWITCH_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
+PERL_SWITCH_LICENSE_FILES = README
+PERL_SWITCH_DISTNAME = Switch
+
+$(eval $(perl-package))