diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6816f00d0b6..0f5b038ec8c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -111,11 +111,9 @@ before_install:
   - cmake --version
   # install Qt5
   #- sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends qt5-default
-  # -- skip perl test to shorten build time
   # perl dep
-  #- cpanm --local-lib=~/perl5 local::lib && eval $(perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5/ -Mlocal::lib)
-  #- cpanm --quiet --no-interactive Test::Exception Test::More Log::Any LWP::UserAgent URI::Query Module::Runtime DateTime Module::Find Moose::Role JSON || echo "Ignored failure from cpanm"
-  # -- skip perl test end
+  - cpanm --local-lib=~/perl5 local::lib && eval $(perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5/ -Mlocal::lib)
+  - cpanm --quiet --no-interactive Test::Exception Test::More Log::Any LWP::UserAgent URI::Query Module::Runtime DateTime Module::Find Moose::Role JSON || echo "Ignored failure from cpanm"
   # show host table to confirm petstore.swagger.io is mapped to localhost
   - cat /etc/hosts
   # show java version
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35c06426b35..6a629642e74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1142,8 +1142,8 @@
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/php-lumen</module>-->
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/rust-server</module>
                 <!-- clients -->
-                <!--<module>samples/client/petstore/perl</module>
-                <module>samples/client/petstore/bash</module>-->
+                <module>samples/client/petstore/perl</module>
+                <!--<module>samples/client/petstore/bash</module>-->
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/ruby-faraday</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/ruby</module>
                 <!-- comment out as it's not working as the moment