diff --git a/testing/perl-astro/APKBUILD b/testing/perl-astro/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d052a9fdafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/perl-astro/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Automatically generated by apkbuild-cpan, template 4
+# Maintainer: Celeste <cielesti@protonmail.com>
+maintainer="Celeste <cielesti@protonmail.com>"
+pkgname=perl-astro
+pkgver=0.78
+pkgrel=0
+#_pkgreal is used by apkbuild-cpan to find modules at MetaCpan
+_pkgreal=Astro
+pkgdesc="Assorted astronomical routines"
+url="https://metacpan.org/release/Astro/"
+arch="noarch"
+license="GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl"
+depends="perl"
+subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
+source="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/C/CP/CPHIL/Astro-$pkgver.tar.gz
+	pod-syntax.patch
+	"
+builddir="$srcdir/$_pkgreal-$pkgver"
+
+build() {
+	export CFLAGS=$(perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}')
+	PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -I. Makefile.PL \
+		INSTALLDIRS=vendor \
+		NO_PACKLIST=1 \
+		NO_PERLLOCAL=1
+	make
+}
+
+check() {
+	export CFLAGS=$(perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}')
+	make test
+}
+
+package() {
+	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+8aa2ffb483d36b7bf07d68d39987b23907be690c66f8b058382c9ff3031505a27b2cf8904626bce6c396aae65d40c8bc5cfcf91de4a128a04594698c70ae81da  Astro-0.78.tar.gz
+52aa0d3601719402520a1e69445aebc773fcc9980d08ec1e3536b81b8cc76f2a573a0fea169f6e4a96c276af77849ffa43783052648843cf77cee6cc3af6eb15  pod-syntax.patch
+"
diff --git a/testing/perl-astro/pod-syntax.patch b/testing/perl-astro/pod-syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e764ccfe7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/perl-astro/pod-syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+Patch-Source: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libastro-perl/-/blob/debian/0.78-2/debian/patches/pod-syntax.patch
+--
+Description: fix POD syntax errors
+Origin: vendor
+Author: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2024-05-15
+Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=153497
+Bug: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=153497
+
+--- a/Astro/Coord.pm
++++ b/Astro/Coord.pm
+@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
+ 	   [+0.435730,     -0.008541,     +0.002117,
+ 	    -0.00485852,       -0.00002716,       +0.99996684]);
+ 
++=over 4
++
+ =item B<pol2r>
+ 
+   ($x, $y, $z) = pol2r($polar1, $polar2);
+@@ -1895,6 +1897,8 @@
+                angle at which the source rises is simply the negative of this
+                value.
+ 
++=back
++
+ =cut
+ 
+ sub antenna_rise($$$$) {
+--- a/Astro/Misc.pm
++++ b/Astro/Misc.pm
+@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
+   push @ThompsonData, [split];
+ }
+ 
++=over 4
++
+ =item B<read_possm>
+ 
+  Read_possm interprets the output file from the AIPS POSSM task.
+@@ -567,6 +569,8 @@
+   Model 1 is based on Brand and Blitz, 1993, A&A, 275, 67-90.
+   Model 2 has unknown origin.
+ 
++=back
++
+ =cut
+ 
+ sub kindist ($$$$$) {
+--- a/Astro/Time.pm
++++ b/Astro/Time.pm
+@@ -1377,6 +1377,8 @@
+   The required inputs are :
+     $month      - Name of the month ('Jan', 'January', 'Feb', 'February' etc)
+ 
++=back
++
+ =cut
+ 
+ sub str2month($) {