diff --git a/searx/engines/metacpan.py b/searx/engines/metacpan.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d7f539e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/metacpan.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# lint: pylint
+"""metacpan
+"""
+
+from urllib.parse import urlunparse
+from json import dumps
+
+# about
+about = {
+    "website": 'https://metacpan.org/',
+    "wikidata_id": 'Q841507',
+    "official_api_documentation": 'https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-api/blob/master/docs/API-docs.md',
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": 'JSON',
+}
+
+# engine dependent config
+number_of_results = 20  # Don't put this over 5000
+categories = ["it", "packages"]
+disabled = True
+shortcut = "cpan"
+paging = True
+
+query_data_template = {
+    'query': {
+        'multi_match': {
+            'type': 'most_fields',
+            'fields': ['documentation', 'documentation.*'],
+            'analyzer': 'camelcase',
+        }
+    },
+    'filter': {
+        'bool': {
+            'must': [
+                {'exists': {'field': 'documentation'}},
+                {'term': {'status': 'latest'}},
+                {'term': {'indexed': 1}},
+                {'term': {'authorized': 1}},
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "sort": [
+        {"_score": {"order": "desc"}},
+        {"date": {"order": "desc"}},
+    ],
+    '_source': ['documentation', "abstract"],
+    'size': number_of_results,
+}
+search_url = urlunparse(["https", "fastapi.metacpan.org", "/v1/file/_search", "", "", ""])
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    params["url"] = search_url
+    params["method"] = "POST"
+    query_data = query_data_template
+    query_data["query"]["multi_match"]["query"] = query
+    query_data["from"] = (params["pageno"] - 1) * number_of_results
+    params["data"] = dumps(query_data)
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+
+    search_results = resp.json()["hits"]["hits"]
+    for result in search_results:
+        fields = result["_source"]
+        module = fields["documentation"]
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "url": "https://metacpan.org/pod/" + module,
+                "title": module,
+                "content": fields.get("abstract", ""),
+            }
+        )
+
+    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 36ed90b22..59df409a8 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -950,6 +950,12 @@ engines:
       require_api_key: false
       results: HTML
 
+  - name: metacpan
+    engine: metacpan
+    shortcut: cpan
+    disabled: true
+    number_of_results: 20
+
   # - name: meilisearch
   #   engine: meilisearch
   #   shortcut: mes