--- /dev/null
+#!perl
+
+BEGIN {
+ unless ($ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING}) {
+ require Test::More;
+ Test::More::plan(skip_all => 'these tests are for testing by the author');
+ }
+}
+
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+
+eval "use Test::Perl::Critic";
+plan skip_all => 'Test::Perl::Critic required to criticise code' if $@;
+Test::Perl::Critic->import( -profile => "perlcritic.rc" ) if -e "perlcritic.rc";
+all_critic_ok();