diff --git a/src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.c b/src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.c
index fb1642051..29296b6a2 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static ngx_command_t  ngx_http_perl_commands[] = {
       NULL },
 
     { ngx_string("perl"),
-      NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF|NGX_CONF_TAKE1,
+      NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF|NGX_HTTP_LMT_CONF|NGX_CONF_TAKE1,
       ngx_http_perl,
       NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF_OFFSET,
       0,