diff --git a/lang/perl/Config.in b/lang/perl/Config.in
index 14aedc2..65a3a47 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Config.in
+++ b/lang/perl/Config.in
@@ -17,4 +17,15 @@ config PERL_TESTS
 		Test support is still in development. Some tests will fail,
 		others are just missing completely.
 
+config PERL_NOCOMMENT
+	bool "Strip comments and pod sections from modules"
+	default y
+	help
+		Remove comments and pod sections for all perl packages.
+
+		This will descrease the size of perl libraries moderately.
+
+		Stripping occasionally gets confused and mangles valid code,
+		so disable this option if you're not pressed for space.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/lang/perl/perlmod.mk b/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
index c64942f..45edd51 100644
--- a/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
+++ b/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
@@ -129,9 +129,7 @@ define perlmod/Install/NoStrip
 endef
 
 
-define perlmod/Install
-	$(call perlmod/Install/NoStrip,$(1),$(2),$(3))
-
+define perlmod/_DoStrip
 	@echo "---> Stripping modules in: $(strip $(1))$(PERL_SITELIB)"
 	find $(strip $(1))$(PERL_SITELIB) -name \*.pm -or -name \*.pl | \
 	xargs -r sed -i \
@@ -141,6 +139,12 @@ define perlmod/Install
 		-e '/^#[^!"'"'"']/d'
 endef
 
+define perlmod/Install
+	$(call perlmod/Install/NoStrip,$(1),$(2),$(3))
+
+	$(if $(CONFIG_PERL_NOCOMMENT),$(call perlmod/_DoStrip,$(1),$(2),$(3)))
+endef
+
 # You probably don't want to use this directly. Look at perlmod/InstallTests
 define perlmod/_InstallTests
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(strip $(1))