use Module::Build; my $build = Module::Build->new( module_name => 'Encode::ZapCP1252', license => 'perl', create_makefile_pl => 'passthrough', create_readme => 1, requires => { 'perl' => '5.6.2' }, configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' => '0.2701' }, recommends => { 'Test::Pod' => '1.20', 'Encode' => 0, }, build_requires => { 'Test::More' => '0.17', 'Module::Build' => '0.2701', }, ); $build->create_build_script;