diff --git a/perl/.gitignore b/perl/.gitignore
index 3e0e73e5..16568472 100644
--- a/perl/.gitignore
+++ b/perl/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 META.yml
+MYMETA.yml
 Makefile
 Makefile.old
 MessagePack.bs
diff --git a/perl/MANIFEST.SKIP b/perl/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 71a24e5c..1d2192f5 100644
--- a/perl/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/perl/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 \bCVS\b
 ^MANIFEST\.
 ^Makefile$
+^MYMETA\.yml$
 ~$
 ^#
 \.old$