diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd9b9dc6c..effa8766d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
     "java",
     "javascript",
     "jquery",
+    "lwp",
     "objc",
     "objective-c",
     "ocaml",
+    "perl5",
     "php",
     "python",
     "request",
diff --git a/src/targets/index.js b/src/targets/index.js
index d4369529d..250d19c9a 100644
--- a/src/targets/index.js
+++ b/src/targets/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
   node: require('./node'),
   objc: require('./objc'),
   ocaml: require('./ocaml'),
+  perl5: require('./perl5'),
   php: require('./php'),
   python: require('./python'),
   ruby: require('./ruby'),
diff --git a/src/targets/perl5/index.js b/src/targets/perl5/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc6ea9ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/targets/perl5/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = {
+  info: {
+    key: 'perl5',
+    title: 'Perl 5',
+    extname: '.pl',
+    default: 'perl5'
+  },
+
+  lwp: require('./lwp')
+}
diff --git a/src/targets/perl5/lwp.js b/src/targets/perl5/lwp.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53f405390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/targets/perl5/lwp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * @description
+ * HTTP code snippet generator for Perl using LWP
+ *
+ * @author
+ * @ashleyhindmarsh
+ *
+ * for any questions or issues regarding the generated code snippet, please open an issue mentioning the author.
+ */
+
+'use strict'
+
+var util = require('util')
+var CodeBuilder = require('../../helpers/code-builder')
+
+module.exports = function (source, options) {
+  // Start snippet
+  var code = new CodeBuilder('    ')
+
+  // Dependencies
+  code.push('use strict; use warnings;')
+      .push('use LWP::UserAgent;')
+      .push('use HTTP::Request;')
+      .push('use URI;')
+      .blank()
+
+  code.push('my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;');
+
+  // Set URL
+  code.push('my $url = URI->new("%s");', source.url)
+      .blank()
+
+  // Construct query string
+  if (source.queryString.length) {
+    code.push( '$url->query(%s);', JSON.stringify(source.queryObj) )
+        .blank
+  }
+
+  // Construct payload
+  var payload = JSON.stringify(source.postData.text)
+
+  if (payload) {
+    code.push('my $payload = %s;', payload)
+  }
+
+  // Construct request
+  var method = source.method
+  var request = util.format('my $request = HTTP::Request->new( %s => $url  );', method);
+  code.push(request)
+      .blank()
+
+  if (payload) {
+    code.push( '$request->content( $payload );' )
+  }
+
+  // Construct headers
+  var header
+  var headers = source.allHeaders
+  for (header in headers) {
+    code.push( '$request->header( \'%s\' => \'%s\' );', header, headers[header] )
+        .blank;
+  }
+
+  // execute request
+  code.push('my $response = $ua->request($request);')
+
+  // print response
+  code.push('print($response->decoded_content);')
+
+  return code.join()
+}
+
+module.exports.info = {
+  key: 'lwp',
+  title: 'LWP',
+  link: 'https://metacpan.org/pod/LWP',
+  description: 'LWP library'
+}
+
diff --git a/test/fixtures/available-targets.json b/test/fixtures/available-targets.json
index effe17ef6..c2053fb5e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/available-targets.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/available-targets.json
@@ -248,5 +248,19 @@
         "description": "Simple REST and HTTP API Client for C"
       }
     ]
+  },
+  {
+    "key": "perl5",
+    "title": "Perl 5",
+    "extname": ".pl",
+    "default": "lwp",
+    "clients": [
+      {
+        "key": "lwp",
+        "title": "LWP",
+        "link": "https://metacpan.org/pod/LWP",
+        "description": "LWP WWW library"
+      }
+    ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/test/targets/perl5/lwp.js b/test/targets/perl5/lwp.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce4678eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/targets/perl5/lwp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict'
+
+require('should')
+
+module.exports = function (snippet, fixtures) {
+}