diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/default_args_runme.pl b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/default_args_runme.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31a7daa8f
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+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/default_args_runme.pl
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+use default_args;
+
+$true = 1;
+$false = 0;
+
+if (default_args::anonymous() != 7771) {
+  die "anonymous (1) failed";
+}
+if (default_args::anonymous(1234) != 1234) {
+  die "anonymous (2) failed";
+}
+
+
+if (default_args::booltest() != $true) {
+  die "booltest (1) failed";
+}
+if (default_args::booltest($true) != $true) {
+  die "booltest (2) failed";
+}
+if (default_args::booltest($false) != $false) {
+  die "booltest (3) failed";
+}
+
+$ec = new default_args::EnumClass();
+if ($ec->blah() != $true) {
+  die "EnumClass failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::casts1() != null) {
+  die "casts1 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::casts2() != "Hello") {
+  die "casts2 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::casts1("Ciao") != "Ciao") {
+  die "casts1 not default failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::chartest1() != 'x') {
+  die "chartest1 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::chartest2() != '\0') {
+  die "chartest2 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::chartest1('y') != 'y') {
+  die "chartest1 not default failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::chartest1('y') != 'y') {
+  die "chartest1 not default failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::reftest1() != 42) {
+  die "reftest1 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::reftest1(400) != 400) {
+  die "reftest1 not default failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::reftest2() != "hello") {
+  die "reftest2 failed";
+}
+
+# rename
+$foo = new default_args::Foo();
+$foo->newname(); 
+$foo->newname(10); 
+ 
+# exception specifications
+eval { default_args::exceptionspec() };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "exceptionspec 1 failed";
+}
+eval { default_args::exceptionspec(-1) };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "exceptionspec 2 failed";
+}
+eval { default_args::exceptionspec(100) };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "exceptionspec 3 failed";
+}
+
+$ex = new default_args::Except($false);
+eval { $ex.exspec() };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "exspec 1 failed";
+}
+eval { $ex.exspec(-1) };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "exspec 2 failed";
+}
+eval { $ex.exspec(100) };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "exspec 3 failed";
+}
+eval { $ex = new default_args::Except($true) };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "Except constructor 1 failed";
+}
+eval { $ex = new default_args::Except($true, -2) };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "Except constructor 2 failed";
+}
+
+#Default parameters in static class methods
+if (default_args::Statics::staticmethod() != 10+20+30) {
+  die "staticmethod 1 failed";
+}
+if (default_args::Statics::staticmethod(100) != 100+20+30) {
+  die "staticmethod 2 failed";
+}
+if (default_args::Statics::staticmethod(100,200,300) != 100+200+300) {
+  die "staticmethod 3 failed";
+}
+
+$tricky = new default_args::Tricky();
+if ($tricky->privatedefault() != 200) {
+  die "privatedefault failed";
+}
+if ($tricky->protectedint() != 2000) {
+  die "protectedint failed";
+}
+if ($tricky->protecteddouble() != 987.654) {
+  die "protecteddouble failed";
+}
+if ($tricky->functiondefault() != 500) {
+  die "functiondefault failed";
+}
+if ($tricky->contrived() != 'X') {
+  die "contrived failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::constructorcall()->{val} != -1) {
+  die "constructorcall test 1 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::constructorcall(new default_args::Klass(2222))->{val} != 2222) {
+  die "constructorcall test 2 failed";
+}
+
+if (default_args::constructorcall(new default_args::Klass())->{val} != -1) {
+  die "constructorcall test 3 failed";
+}
+