diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96b8c0bfcf37..e42dfdcb0215 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -83,4 +83,3 @@ samples/client/petstore/csharp/SwaggerClientTest/obj/Debug/
 samples/client/petstore/python/dev-requirements.txt.log
 samples/client/petstore/python/swagger_client.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
 samples/client/petstore/python/.coverage
-samples/client/petstore/python/swagger_client.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PerlClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PerlClientCodegen.java
index be2ff0d48714..8b677d07c4b4 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PerlClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PerlClientCodegen.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class PerlClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
         if (type == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        return type;
+        return toModelName(type);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -220,9 +220,13 @@ public class PerlClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
     public String toModelName(String name) {
         // model name cannot use reserved keyword
         if (isReservedWord(name)) {
-            escapeReservedWord(name); // e.g. return => _return
+            LOGGER.warn(name + " (reserved word) cannot be used as model name. Renamed to " + camelize("object_" + name));
+            name = "object_" + name;
         }
 
+        // add prefix/suffic to model name
+        name = modelNamePrefix + name + modelNameSuffix;
+
         // camelize the model name
         // phone_number => PhoneNumber
         return camelize(name);
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/perl/README.md b/samples/client/petstore/perl/README.md
index 9f71e1818294..3db24ccc3d14 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/perl/README.md
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/perl/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ WWW::SwaggerClient::Role - a Moose role for the Swagger Petstore
 
 Automatically generated by the Perl Swagger Codegen project: 
 
-- Build date: 2016-02-24T21:56:00.847+08:00
+- Build date: 2016-02-27T21:43:00.005+08:00
 - Build package: class io.swagger.codegen.languages.PerlClientCodegen
 - Codegen version: 
 
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/PetApi.pm b/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/PetApi.pm
index 3049d26ad239..1ea4bd68af8b 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/PetApi.pm
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/PetApi.pm
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ sub delete_pet {
 # 
 # @param int $pet_id ID of pet to update (required)
 # @param string $additional_metadata Additional data to pass to server (optional)
-# @param file $file file to upload (optional)
+# @param File $file file to upload (optional)
 {
     my $params = {
     'pet_id' => {
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ sub delete_pet {
         required => '0',
     },
     'file' => {
-        data_type => 'file',
+        data_type => 'File',
         description => 'file to upload',
         required => '0',
     },
@@ -667,10 +667,10 @@ sub upload_file {
 #
 # Fake endpoint to test byte array return by 'Find pet by ID'
 # 
-# @param int $package ID of pet that needs to be fetched (required)
+# @param int $pet_id ID of pet that needs to be fetched (required)
 {
     my $params = {
-    'package' => {
+    'pet_id' => {
         data_type => 'int',
         description => 'ID of pet that needs to be fetched',
         required => '1',
@@ -688,9 +688,9 @@ sub pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get {
     my ($self, %args) = @_;
 
     
-    # verify the required parameter 'package' is set
-    unless (exists $args{'package'}) {
-      croak("Missing the required parameter 'package' when calling pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get");
+    # verify the required parameter 'pet_id' is set
+    unless (exists $args{'pet_id'}) {
+      croak("Missing the required parameter 'pet_id' when calling pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get");
     }
     
 
@@ -713,9 +713,9 @@ sub pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get {
     
     
     # path params
-    if ( exists $args{'package'}) {
-        my $_base_variable = "{" . "package" . "}";
-        my $_base_value = $self->{api_client}->to_path_value($args{'package'});
+    if ( exists $args{'pet_id'}) {
+        my $_base_variable = "{" . "petId" . "}";
+        my $_base_value = $self->{api_client}->to_path_value($args{'pet_id'});
         $_resource_path =~ s/$_base_variable/$_base_value/g;
     }
     
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/Role.pm b/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/Role.pm
index 3a4f9614a6da..2f7f75a53890 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/Role.pm
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/perl/lib/WWW/SwaggerClient/Role.pm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ has version_info => ( is => 'ro',
                       default => sub { {
                           app_name => 'Swagger Petstore',
                           app_version => '1.0.0',
-                          generated_date => '2016-02-24T21:56:00.847+08:00',
+                          generated_date => '2016-02-27T21:43:00.005+08:00',
                           generator_class => 'class io.swagger.codegen.languages.PerlClientCodegen',
                       } },
                       documentation => 'Information about the application version and the codegen codebase version'
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Automatically generated by the Perl Swagger Codegen project:
 
 =over 4 
 
-=item Build date: 2016-02-24T21:56:00.847+08:00
+=item Build date: 2016-02-27T21:43:00.005+08:00
 
 =item Build package: class io.swagger.codegen.languages.PerlClientCodegen
 
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/perl/t/PetApiTest.t b/samples/client/petstore/perl/t/PetApiTest.t
index 790359a704c2..58bf2842f241 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/perl/t/PetApiTest.t
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/perl/t/PetApiTest.t
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ isa_ok($api, 'WWW::SwaggerClient::PetApi');
 # pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get test
 #
 {
-    my $package = undef; # replace NULL with a proper value
-    my $result = $api->pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get(package => $package);
+    my $pet_id = undef; # replace NULL with a proper value
+    my $result = $api->pet_pet_idtesting_byte_arraytrue_get(pet_id => $pet_id);
 }
 
 #