diff --git a/lib/perl/Makefile.PL b/lib/perl/Makefile.PL
index 92b05ba..ee7a436 100644
--- a/lib/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/lib/perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@
 #
 
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
-WriteMakefile( NAME => 'Thrift',
-               VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Thrift.pm',
-               MIN_PERL_VERSION => '5.006',
+WriteMakefile( ABSTRACT => 'Apache Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services development.',
+               AUTHOR => 'Apache Thrift <dev@thrift.apache.org>',
+               LICENSE => 'apache_2_0',
+               MIN_PERL_VERSION => '5.010000',
+               NAME => 'Thrift',
+               NEEDS_LINKING => 0,
                PREREQ_PM => {
-                   'Bit::Vector' => 0,
-                   'Class::Accessor' => 0,
-                   'IO::Socket::INET' => 0
+                   'Bit::Vector'     => 0,
+                   'Class::Accessor' => 0
                },
-               ($] >= 5.006 ?
- (                AUTHOR => 'Apache Thrift <dev@thrift.apache.org>') : ()),
-               );
-
+               VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Thrift.pm' );