diff --git a/ignore/src/types.rs b/ignore/src/types.rs
index 92b0bf74..91404e50 100644
--- a/ignore/src/types.rs
+++ b/ignore/src/types.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TYPES: &'static [(&'static str, &'static [&'static str])] = &[
     ("objcpp", &["*.h", "*.mm"]),
     ("ocaml", &["*.ml", "*.mli", "*.mll", "*.mly"]),
     ("org", &["*.org"]),
-    ("perl", &["*.perl", "*.pl", "*.PL", "*.plh", "*.plx", "*.pm"]),
+    ("perl", &["*.perl", "*.pl", "*.PL", "*.plh", "*.plx", "*.pm", "*.t"]),
     ("pdf", &["*.pdf"]),
     ("php", &["*.php", "*.php3", "*.php4", "*.php5", "*.phtml"]),
     ("pod", &["*.pod"]),