diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_pltemplate.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_pltemplate.h
index 5ef97df..8cdedb4 100644
*** a/src/include/catalog/pg_pltemplate.h
--- b/src/include/catalog/pg_pltemplate.h
*************** typedef FormData_pg_pltemplate *Form_pg_
*** 70,77 ****
  DATA(insert ( "plpgsql"		t t "plpgsql_call_handler" "plpgsql_inline_handler" "plpgsql_validator" "$libdir/plpgsql" _null_ ));
  DATA(insert ( "pltcl"		t t "pltcl_call_handler" _null_ _null_ "$libdir/pltcl" _null_ ));
  DATA(insert ( "pltclu"		f f "pltclu_call_handler" _null_ _null_ "$libdir/pltcl" _null_ ));
! DATA(insert ( "plperl"		t t "plperl_call_handler" _null_ "plperl_validator" "$libdir/plperl" _null_ ));
! DATA(insert ( "plperlu"		f f "plperl_call_handler" _null_ "plperl_validator" "$libdir/plperl" _null_ ));
  DATA(insert ( "plpythonu"	f f "plpython_call_handler" _null_ _null_ "$libdir/plpython" _null_ ));
  
  #endif   /* PG_PLTEMPLATE_H */
--- 70,77 ----
  DATA(insert ( "plpgsql"		t t "plpgsql_call_handler" "plpgsql_inline_handler" "plpgsql_validator" "$libdir/plpgsql" _null_ ));
  DATA(insert ( "pltcl"		t t "pltcl_call_handler" _null_ _null_ "$libdir/pltcl" _null_ ));
  DATA(insert ( "pltclu"		f f "pltclu_call_handler" _null_ _null_ "$libdir/pltcl" _null_ ));
! DATA(insert ( "plperl"		t t "plperl_call_handler" "plperl_inline_handler" "plperl_validator" "$libdir/plperl" _null_ ));
! DATA(insert ( "plperlu"		f f "plperl_call_handler" "plperl_inline_handler" "plperl_validator" "$libdir/plperl" _null_ ));
  DATA(insert ( "plpythonu"	f f "plpython_call_handler" _null_ _null_ "$libdir/plpython" _null_ ));
  
  #endif   /* PG_PLTEMPLATE_H */
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c b/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c
index 4ed4f59..33ede1b 100644
*** a/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c
--- b/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c
*************** static plperl_call_data *current_call_da
*** 144,149 ****
--- 144,150 ----
   * Forward declarations
   **********************************************************************/
  Datum		plperl_call_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+ Datum		plperl_inline_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
  Datum		plperl_validator(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
  void		_PG_init(void);
  
*************** plperl_modify_tuple(HV *hvTD, TriggerDat
*** 862,870 ****
  
  
  /*
!  * This is the only externally-visible part of the plperl call interface.
!  * The Postgres function and trigger managers call it to execute a
!  * perl function.
   */
  PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(plperl_call_handler);
  
--- 863,872 ----
  
  
  /*
!  * plperl_call_handler and plperl_inline_handler are the only
!  * externally-visible parts of the plperl call interface.  The Postgres function
!  * and trigger managers call plperl_call_handler to execute a perl function, and
!  * call plperl_inline_handler to execute plperl code in a DO statement.
   */
  PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(plperl_call_handler);
  
*************** plperl_call_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
*** 895,900 ****
--- 897,952 ----
  	return retval;
  }
  
+ PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(plperl_inline_handler);
+ 
+ Datum
+ plperl_inline_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+ {
+ 	InlineCodeBlock *codeblock = (InlineCodeBlock *) DatumGetPointer(PG_GETARG_DATUM(0));
+     FunctionCallInfoData fake_fcinfo;
+     FmgrInfo flinfo;
+     plperl_proc_desc desc;
+     HeapTuple	langTup;
+     Form_pg_language langStruct;
+ 
+     MemSet(&fake_fcinfo, 0, sizeof(fake_fcinfo));                                                            
+     MemSet(&flinfo, 0, sizeof(flinfo));                                                                      
+     MemSet(&desc, 0, sizeof(desc));
+     fake_fcinfo.flinfo = &flinfo;                                                                            
+     flinfo.fn_oid = InvalidOid;                                                                              
+     flinfo.fn_mcxt = CurrentMemoryContext; 
+ 
+     desc.proname = "";
+     desc.fn_readonly = 0;
+ 
+     /************************************************************
+     * Lookup the pg_language tuple by Oid
+     ************************************************************/
+     langTup = SearchSysCache(LANGOID,
+                                 ObjectIdGetDatum(codeblock->langOid),
+                                 0, 0, 0);
+     if (!HeapTupleIsValid(langTup))
+     {
+         elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for language with OID %d",
+                 codeblock->langOid);
+     }
+     langStruct = (Form_pg_language) GETSTRUCT(langTup);
+     desc.lanpltrusted = langStruct->lanpltrusted;
+     ReleaseSysCache(langTup);
+     check_interp(desc.lanpltrusted);
+ 
+     desc.fn_retistuple = 0;
+     desc.fn_retisset = 0;
+     desc.fn_retisarray = 0;
+     desc.result_oid = VOIDOID;
+     desc.nargs = 0;
+     desc.reference = plperl_create_sub("", codeblock->source_text, 0);
+ 
+     plperl_call_perl_func(&desc, &fake_fcinfo);
+     PG_RETURN_VOID();
+ }
+ 
  /*
   * This is the other externally visible function - it is called when CREATE
   * FUNCTION is issued to validate the function being created/replaced.