use Module::Build; my $build = Module::Build->new( module_name => 'Apache::Dir', license => 'perl', create_makefile_pl => 'passthrough', configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' => '0.2701' }, recommends => { 'Test::Pod' => '1.20', 'mod_perl' => 0, }, build_requires => { 'Module::Build' => '0.2701', 'Test::More' => '0.17', }, ); $build->create_build_script;