diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index 99e5d943af..7ec16e6dde 100644
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package Git;
 
 use 5.008;
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 
 
 BEGIN {