diff --git a/modules/Makefile.in b/modules/Makefile.in
index 06a03759..edcad6a6 100644
--- a/modules/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/Makefile.in
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ INSTALL         := @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM := @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_SCRIPT  := @INSTALL_SCRIPT@
 INSTALL_DATA    := @INSTALL_DATA@
+SED := @SED@
 
 TCL_FLAGS:= @TCL_FLAGS@
 
@@ -47,9 +48,11 @@ endif
 ifeq "$(VERBOSE)" ""
 Q=@
 E=@echo
+C=-s
 else
 Q=
 E=@\#
+C=
 endif
 
 ifneq "$(LIBZNC)" ""
diff --git a/modules/modperl/Makefile.gen b/modules/modperl/Makefile.gen
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1ad3dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/modperl/Makefile.gen
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+all:
+
+VPATH := $(srcdir)
+
+ifneq "$(V)" ""
+VERBOSE=1
+endif
+ifeq "$(VERBOSE)" ""
+Q=@
+E=@echo
+C=-s
+else
+Q=
+E=@\#
+C=
+endif
+
+modperl/modperl.tar.bz2: modperl/gen/ZNC.cpp modperl/gen/ZNC.pm modperl/gen/functions.cpp modperl/gen/swigperlrun.h
+	$(E) Packing modperl files...
+	$(Q)tar -cjf $@ -C modperl/gen ZNC.cpp ZNC.pm functions.cpp swigperlrun.h
+
+modperl/gen/swigperlrun.h:
+	@mkdir -p modperl/gen
+	$(Q)$(SWIG) -perl5 -c++ -shadow -external-runtime $@
+
+modperl/gen/ZNC.cpp: modperl/modperl.i modperl/module.h modperl/CString.i
+	$(E) Generating ZNC API for Perl...
+	@mkdir -p modperl/gen
+	$(Q)$(SWIG) -perl5 -c++ -shadow -outdir modperl/gen -I$(srcdir) -MD -MF .depend/modperl.swig.dep -w362,315,401,402 -o $@ $<
+	$(Q)$(SED) 's#^modperl/gen/ZNC.cpp:#modperl/modperl.tar.bz2:#' .depend/modperl.swig.dep > .depend/modperl.tar.dep
+
+modperl/gen/ZNC.pm: modperl/gen/ZNC.cpp
+
+modperl/gen/functions.cpp: modperl/codegen.pl modperl/functions.in
+	@mkdir -p modperl
+	$(Q)$(PERL) $^ $@
+
+all: modperl/modperl.tar.bz2
+
+-include .depend/modperl.swig.dep
diff --git a/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc b/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc
index 40e40b89..87248215 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc
+++ b/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ modperlCXXFLAGS += -I.
 PERLHOOK     := modperl_install
 CLEAN    += modperl/ZNC.so modperl/ZNC.pm modperl/ZNC.o
 CLEAN    += modperl/swigperlrun.h modperl/ZNC.cpp modperl/functions.cpp
+CLEAN    += modperl/gen
 
 else
 FILES    := $(shell echo $(FILES) | sed -e "s/modperl//")
@@ -27,27 +28,28 @@ endif
 install: $(PERLHOOK)
 
 modperl.o: modperl/ZNC.so modperl/swigperlrun.h modperl/functions.cpp
+
 modperl/ZNC.so: modperl/ZNC.o Makefile
 	$(E) Linking ZNC Perl bindings library...
 	$(Q)$(CXX) $(MODFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MODLINK) $(PERL_LD) -o $@ $<
+
 modperl/ZNC.o: modperl/ZNC.cpp Makefile
 	@mkdir -p modperl
 	@mkdir -p .depend
 	$(E) Building ZNC Perl bindings library...
 	$(Q)$(CXX) $(MODFLAGS) -I$(srcdir) -MD -MF .depend/modperl.library.dep $(PERL_CXX) -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-shadow -o $@ $< -c
+
+modperl/swigperlrun.h modperl/functions.cpp modperl/ZNC.cpp modperl/ZNC.pm: modperl/modperl.tar.bz2
+	@mkdir -p modperl
+	$(E) Unpacking modperl files...
+	$(Q)tar -xf $^ -C modperl
+	$(Q)touch modperl/swigperlrun.h modperl/functions.cpp modperl/ZNC.cpp modperl/ZNC.pm
+
 ifneq "$(SWIG)" ""
-modperl/swigperlrun.h:
-	@mkdir -p modperl
-	$(Q)$(SWIG) -perl5 -c++ -shadow -external-runtime $@
-modperl/ZNC.cpp: modperl/modperl.i Makefile modperl/module.h modperl/CString.i
-	$(E) Generating ZNC API for Perl...
-	@mkdir -p modperl
-	@mkdir -p .depend
-	$(Q)$(SWIG) -perl5 -c++ -shadow -outdir modperl -I$(srcdir) -MD -MF .depend/modperl.swig.dep -w362,315,401,402 -o $@ $<
+modperl/modperl.tar.bz2: modperl/codegen.pl modperl/functions.in Makefile
+	@mkdir -p modperl .depend
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srcdir)/modperl/Makefile.gen $(C) SWIG="$(SWIG)" srcdir="$(srcdir)" PERL="$(PERL)" VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)" SED="$(SED)"
 endif
-modperl/functions.cpp: modperl/functions.in modperl/codegen.pl
-	@mkdir -p modperl
-	$(Q)$(PERL) $(srcdir)/modperl/codegen.pl $< $@
 
 modperl_install: install_datadir modperl.so
 	for i in $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.pm); do \