diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index c7bb52d278..4da083d35f 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ menu "Perl libraries/modules"
 	source "package/perl-class-method-modifiers/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-class-std/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-class-std-fast/Config.in"
+	source "package/perl-clone/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-convert-asn1/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-cookie-baker/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-crypt-blowfish/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/perl-clone/Config.in b/package/perl-clone/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78f13dfe6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-clone/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_CLONE
+	bool "perl-clone"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	help
+	  recursively copy Perl datatypes.
+
+	  https://metacpan.org/release/Clone
+
+comment "perl-clone needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/perl-clone/perl-clone.hash b/package/perl-clone/perl-clone.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b69b97d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-clone/perl-clone.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# retrieved by scancpan from https://cpan.metacpan.org/
+md5  cafa8984a2c2e005e54b27dd1e3f0afe  Clone-0.46.tar.gz
+sha256  aadeed5e4c8bd6bbdf68c0dd0066cb513e16ab9e5b4382dc4a0aafd55890697b  Clone-0.46.tar.gz
+
+# computed by scancpan
+sha256  40aa7eb133e97b075024380640528760a54aefc344781741ed02539a375db5ac  README.md
diff --git a/package/perl-clone/perl-clone.mk b/package/perl-clone/perl-clone.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e04329eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-clone/perl-clone.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# perl-clone
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PERL_CLONE_VERSION = 0.46
+PERL_CLONE_SOURCE = Clone-$(PERL_CLONE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PERL_CLONE_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/G/GA/GARU
+PERL_CLONE_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
+PERL_CLONE_LICENSE_FILES = README.md
+PERL_CLONE_DISTNAME = Clone
+
+$(eval $(perl-package))