diff --git a/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/MODULE.bazel b/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/MODULE.bazel
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index 00000000000..f5b3a180065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module(
+    name = "rules_cpan",
+    version = "1.0.0",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_perl", version = "0.2.3.bcr.1")  # https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-central-registry/pull/2631
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.34.0")
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diff --git a/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/presubmit.yml b/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/presubmit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..499b4acbd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/presubmit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+matrix:
+  platform: ["debian11", "macos", "ubuntu2204"]
+  bazel: [6.x, 7.x]
+tasks:
+  verify_targets:
+    name: Verify build targets
+    platform: ${{ platform }}
+    bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+    build_targets: ['@rules_cpan//...']
+bcr_test_module:
+  module_path: example
+  matrix:
+    platform: ["debian11", "macos", "ubuntu2204"]
+    bazel: [7.x]
+  tasks:
+    run_test_module:
+      name: Run test module
+      platform: ${{ platform }}
+      bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+      test_targets: [//...]
+      
diff --git a/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/source.json b/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66b56880072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_cpan/1.0.0/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "integrity": "sha256-lvsn7SQP2B1r0hydC6qAS/F0gPANMIsI45pqGkoQql4=",
+    "strip_prefix": "rules_cpan-1.0.0",
+    "url": "https://github.com/lalten/rules_cpan/releases/download/v1.0.0/rules_cpan-1.0.0.tar.gz",
+    "patch_strip": 1
+}
diff --git a/modules/rules_cpan/metadata.json b/modules/rules_cpan/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5e649fb572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_cpan/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/lalten/rules_cpan",
+    "maintainers": [
+        {
+            "email": "bcr@laure.nz",
+            "github": "lalten",
+            "name": "Laurenz Altenmueller"
+        }
+    ],
+    "repository": [
+        "github:lalten/rules_cpan"
+    ],
+    "versions": [
+        "1.0.0"
+    ],
+    "yanked_versions": {}
+}