diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 907c535..31d9a0a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Revision history for Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+        - specify minimum perl version
+
+1.27    October 2, 2012
         - documentation fixes and updates.
 
 1.26    August 31, 2012
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index dd45f67..8cd3258 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ location = root
 [NextRelease]
 format = %-7v %{MMMM d, yyyy}d
 
+[MinimumPerl]