diff --git a/src/test/perl/Makefile b/src/test/perl/Makefile
index 49b18c1f494..7d7fef262d5 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/perl/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ install: all installdirs
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/SimpleTee.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/SimpleTee.pm'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/RecursiveCopy.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/RecursiveCopy.pm'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/BackgroundPsql.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgreSQL/Test/BackgroundPsql.pm'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/PostgreSQL/Version.pm '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(subdir)/PostgreSQL/Version.pm'
 
 uninstall:
diff --git a/src/test/perl/meson.build b/src/test/perl/meson.build
index 7cc73894d5b..101e8a2b8f8 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/perl/meson.build
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ install_data(
   'PostgreSQL/Test/SimpleTee.pm',
   'PostgreSQL/Test/RecursiveCopy.pm',
   'PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm',
+  'PostgreSQL/Test/BackgroundPsql.pm',
   install_dir: dir_pgxs / 'src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test')