diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index fc382ad7..af5de87d 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ function! s:UpdateErrors(auto_invoked, ...)
         call s:HighlightErrors()
     endif
 
+    let loclist = s:LocList()
     if g:syntastic_auto_jump && loclist.hasErrorsOrWarningsToDisplay()
         silent! ll
     endif
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/perl/perlcritic.vim b/syntax_checkers/perl/perlcritic.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73f137cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax_checkers/perl/perlcritic.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+"============================================================================
+"File:	      perlcritic.vim
+"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
+"Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047 at gmail dot com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"	      to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"	      it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"	      Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"	      See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"
+"============================================================================
+"
+" For details about perlcritic see:
+"
+" - http://perlcritic.tigris.org/
+" - https://metacpan.org/module/Perl::Critic
+"
+" Checker options:
+"
+" - g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_options (string; default: "--severity 3")
+"   options to pass to perlcritic
+"
+" - g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_thres (integer; default: 5)
+"   error thresholdi: policy violations with a severity above this
+"   value are highlighted as errors, the others are warnings
+
+if !exists('g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_options')
+    let g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_options = '--severity 3'
+endif
+
+if !exists('g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_thres')
+    let g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_thres = 5
+endif
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_perl_perlcritic_IsAvailable()
+    return executable('perlcritic')
+endfunction
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_perl_perlcritic_GetLocList()
+    let makeprg = syntastic#makeprg#build({
+		\ 'exe': 'perlcritic',
+		\ 'args': '--quiet --nocolor --verbose "\%s:\%f:\%l:\%c:(\%s) \%m (\%e)\n" '.g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_options,
+		\ 'subchecker': 'perlcritic' })
+    let errorformat='%t:%f:%l:%c:%m'
+    let loclist = SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat, 'subtype': 'Style' })
+
+    " change error types according to the prescribed threshold
+    let n = len(loclist) - 1
+    while n >= 0
+	let loclist[n]['type'] = loclist[n]['type'] < g:syntastic_perl_perlcritic_thres ? 'W' : 'E'
+	let n -= 1
+    endwhile
+
+    return loclist
+endfunction
+
+call g:SyntasticRegistry.CreateAndRegisterChecker({
+    \ 'filetype': 'perl',
+    \ 'name': 'perlcritic'})