diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-SAX/INSTALL b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..692f9314356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# This script registers the SAX parser into the registry.
+#
+case "${ACTION}" in
+pre)
+	;;
+post)
+	env LC_ALL=C perl -MXML::SAX -e \
+		"XML::SAX->add_parser(q(XML::SAX::PurePerl))->save_parsers()" \
+		2>&1 >/dev/null
+	[ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "Added parser to XML::SAX registry."
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-SAX/REMOVE b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/REMOVE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9537030d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/REMOVE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# This script unregisters the SAX parser into the registry.
+#
+case "${ACTION}" in
+pre)
+	env LC_ALL=C perl -MXML::SAX -e \
+		"XML::SAX->remove_parser(q(XML::SAX::PurePerl))->save_parsers()" \
+		2>&1 >/dev/null
+	[ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "Removed parser from XML::SAX registry."
+	;;
+post)
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-SAX/install.diff b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/install.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e13c806929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/install.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Disable asking/registering the parser at install time, we do this
+in the INSTALL/REMOVE scripts.
+
+--- Makefile.PL.orig	2009-04-21 19:00:26.282249017 +0200
++++ Makefile.PL	2009-04-21 19:00:33.901197702 +0200
+@@ -11,43 +11,3 @@ WriteMakefile(
+         'XML::NamespaceSupport' => 0.03,
+     },    
+ );
+-
+-sub MY::install {
+-    package MY;
+-    my $script = shift->SUPER::install(@_);
+-
+-    # Only modify existing ParserDetails.ini if user agrees
+-
+-    my $write_ini_ok = 0;
+-
+-    eval { require XML::SAX };
+-    if ($@) {
+-        $write_ini_ok = 1;
+-    }
+-    else {
+-        my $dir = File::Basename::dirname($INC{'XML/SAX.pm'});
+-        if (-e File::Spec->catfile($dir, 'SAX', 'ParserDetails.ini')) {
+-            $write_ini_ok =
+-                ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt(
+-                    "Do you want XML::SAX to alter ParserDetails.ini?", "Y"
+-                ) =~ /^y/i;
+-        }
+-        else {
+-            $write_ini_ok = 1;
+-        }
+-    }
+-    
+-    if ($write_ini_ok) {
+-        $script =~ s/install :: (.*)$/install :: $1 install_sax_pureperl/m;
+-        $script .= <<"INSTALL";
+-
+-install_sax_pureperl :
+-\t\@\$(PERL) -MXML::SAX -e "XML::SAX->add_parser(q(XML::SAX::PurePerl))->save_parsers()"
+-
+-INSTALL
+-
+-    }
+-
+-    return $script;
+-}
+-
diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67fbb995f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template build file for 'perl-XML-SAX'.
+pkgname=perl-XML-SAX
+version=0.96
+wrksrc="XML-SAX-$version"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-SAX-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=perl_module
+short_desc="Perl interface to the SAX2 XML Parser"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=9bbef613afa42c46df008d537decc5a61df7e92d65463f3c900769f39e5c8e08
+long_desc="
+ This module provides ways to parse XML documents. It is built on top of
+ XML::SAX::Expat, which is a lower level interface to James Clark's
+ expat library."
+
+Add_dependency full perl
+Add_dependency full perl-XML-NamespaceSupport