diff --git a/src/__tests__/dist_assets.spec.ts b/src/__tests__/dist_assets.spec.ts
index 934b37b495..e947dcbfc8 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/dist_assets.spec.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/dist_assets.spec.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ describe("dist assets", () => {
 			"tree-sitter-lua.wasm",
 			"tree-sitter-objc.wasm",
 			"tree-sitter-ocaml.wasm",
+			"tree-sitter-perl.wasm",
 			"tree-sitter-php.wasm",
 			"tree-sitter-python.wasm",
 			"tree-sitter-ql.wasm",
diff --git a/src/services/tree-sitter/index.ts b/src/services/tree-sitter/index.ts
index c0813e6509..7edf7187c5 100644
--- a/src/services/tree-sitter/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/tree-sitter/index.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ const extensions = [
 	// Embedded Template
 	"ejs",
 	"erb",
+	// Perl
+	"pl",
+	"pm",
 ].map((e) => `.${e}`)
 
 export { extensions }
diff --git a/src/services/tree-sitter/languageParser.ts b/src/services/tree-sitter/languageParser.ts
index a8ac0a9ead..a09387e2fc 100644
--- a/src/services/tree-sitter/languageParser.ts
+++ b/src/services/tree-sitter/languageParser.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 	embeddedTemplateQuery,
 	elispQuery,
 	elixirQuery,
+	perlQuery,
 } from "./queries"
 
 export interface LanguageParser {
@@ -218,6 +219,11 @@ export async function loadRequiredLanguageParsers(filesToParse: string[], source
 				language = await loadLanguage("elixir", sourceDirectory)
 				query = new Query(language, elixirQuery)
 				break
+			case "pl":
+			case "pm":
+				language = await loadLanguage("perl", sourceDirectory)
+				query = new Query(language, perlQuery)
+				break
 			default:
 				throw new Error(`Unsupported language: ${ext}`)
 		}
diff --git a/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/index.ts b/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/index.ts
index de9b9cafa3..268ca592be 100644
--- a/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/index.ts
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ export { zigQuery } from "./zig"
 export { default as embeddedTemplateQuery } from "./embedded_template"
 export { elispQuery } from "./elisp"
 export { scalaQuery } from "./scala"
+export { default as perlQuery } from "./perl"
diff --git a/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/perl.ts b/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/perl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d77327369c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/tree-sitter/queries/perl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+Perl Tree-sitter Query Patterns - Based on actual node-types.json structure
+*/
+export default `
+; Subroutine declarations (main Perl construct)
+(subroutine_declaration_statement
+  name: (bareword) @name) @definition.function
+
+; Package statements 
+(package_statement
+  name: (package) @name) @definition.package
+
+; Use statements (imports)
+(use_statement
+  module: (package) @name) @definition.import
+
+; Method declarations (modern Perl)
+(method_declaration_statement
+  name: (bareword) @name) @definition.method
+
+; Class statements (modern Perl)
+(class_statement
+  name: (package) @name) @definition.class
+
+; Role statements (modern Perl)
+(role_statement
+  name: (package) @name) @definition.role
+
+; Variable declarations - capture any variable declaration
+(variable_declaration) @definition.variable
+
+; Assignment expressions for capturing variable assignments
+(assignment_expression) @definition.assignment
+
+; Function calls for reference tracking
+(function_call_expression) @reference.function
+
+; Method calls for reference tracking  
+(method_call_expression) @reference.method
+`
diff --git a/src/services/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-perl.wasm b/src/services/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-perl.wasm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a901d87027
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