diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc0518d4..651ee5cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -197,11 +197,14 @@ MANPAGES := $(LIBMAN3FILES) $(LIBMAN5FILES) $(PROGDETECTMAN8FILES) $(PROGDUMPMAN
 
 check:: test
 
-test:: shellcheck test-sensors test-lib
+test:: shellcheck perlcheck test-sensors test-lib
 
 shellcheck::
 	shellcheck $(SHELLCHECKFILES)
 
+perlcheck::
+	for i in $(PERL_SOURCES) ; do perl -c $$i ; done
+
 test-lib:: lib/test/test-scanner
 	cd lib/test ; ./test-scanner.pl
 
diff --git a/etc/Module.mk b/etc/Module.mk
index 6a273928..d44b68af 100644
--- a/etc/Module.mk
+++ b/etc/Module.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 # installed; typically /etc).
 ETC_DIR := etc
 
+PERL_SOURCES += $(ETC_DIR)/sensors-conf-convert
+
 install-etc:
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR)/sensors.d
 	if [ ! -e $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR)/sensors3.conf ] ; then \
diff --git a/prog/detect/Module.mk b/prog/detect/Module.mk
index 1b2cac6d..883670f8 100644
--- a/prog/detect/Module.mk
+++ b/prog/detect/Module.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ REMOVEDETECTBIN := $(patsubst $(MODULE_DIR)/%,$(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/%,$(PROGDETEC
 REMOVEDETECTMAN := $(patsubst $(MODULE_DIR)/%,$(DESTDIR)$(PROGDETECTMAN8DIR)/%,$(PROGDETECTMAN8FILES))
 REMOVEDETECTZSH := $(patsubst $(MODULE_DIR)/%,$(DESTDIR)$(ZSHCOMPDIR)/%,$(PROGDETECTZSHCOMPFILES))
 
+PERL_SOURCES += $(PROGDETECTSBININSTALL)
+
 all-prog-detect:
 user :: all-prog-detect