diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index dcd1148..1fb1e5c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Urchin uses sort to format its output. GNU sort (as of GNU coreutils version
 necessary for the output to look right. If your version of sort lacks this
 feature, Urchin will try to use one of the following tools for sorting.
 
+* perl
+* python
+
 If no acceptable sorting program is available, Urchin will print a warning
 and use the incomplete sort that is installed on your system. This is not a
 big deal; if your test files all start with alphanumeric letters, the output
diff --git a/urchin b/urchin
index 329b3aa..a45bf7d 100755
--- a/urchin
+++ b/urchin
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ for line in sorted(sys.stdin.readlines()):
 '
 }
 
+sort_perl() {
+  perl -e 'print sort (<>);'
+}
+
 # All temporary files go here
 urchin_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
 > "${urchin_tmp}/log"
@@ -603,7 +607,9 @@ main() {
   if test "${sort_result}" = edacb; then
     sort=sort
   else
-    if which python > /dev/null; then
+    if which perl > /dev/null; then
+      sort=sort_perl
+    elif which python > /dev/null; then
       sort=sort_python
     else
       echo 'Your version of sort sorts in dictionary order (-d) by default.