diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 064822e1df..55e87fee7b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -186,3 +186,24 @@ but don't want to go all out and profile your code.")
     (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~dcoppit/"
                               "Benchmark-Timer-" version))
     (license gpl2)))
+
+(define-public perl-exporter-lite
+  (package
+    (name "perl-exporter-lite")
+    (version "0.06")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/N/NE/NEILB/"
+                                  "Exporter-Lite-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0k4gkvid4fr8yvwj0axdx5111mzfw2iipls3qllxr364fqhmclpj"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (synopsis "Lightweight exporting of functions and variables")
+    (description
+     "Exporter::Lite is an alternative to Exporter, intended to provide a
+lightweight subset of the most commonly-used functionality.  It supports
+import(), @EXPORT and @EXPORT_OK and not a whole lot else.")
+    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~neilb/"
+                              "Exporter-Lite-" version))
+    (license (package-license perl))))