diff --git a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js
index ce2acc34ff6..7f0de430869 100644
--- a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js
+++ b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const mappings = [
 	['perl', 'source.perl'],
 	['php', 'source.php'],
 	['pl', 'source.perl'],
+	['pm', 'source.perl'],
 	['ps1', 'source.powershell'],
 	['pug', 'text.pug'],
 	['py', 'source.python'],
diff --git a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json
index ea4e3efb154..8edb4a7f89a 100644
--- a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@
     {
       "include": "#pl"
     },
+    {
+      "include": "#pm"
+    },
     {
       "include": "#ps1"
     },
@@ -3457,6 +3460,92 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "pm": {
+      "name": "meta.resultBlock.search",
+      "begin": "^(?!\\s)(.*?)([^\\\\\\/\\n]*\\.pm)(:)$",
+      "end": "^(?!\\s)",
+      "beginCaptures": {
+        "0": {
+          "name": "string meta.path.search"
+        },
+        "1": {
+          "name": "meta.path.dirname.search"
+        },
+        "2": {
+          "name": "meta.path.basename.search"
+        },
+        "3": {
+          "name": "punctuation.separator"
+        }
+      },
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "meta.resultLine.search meta.resultLine.multiLine.search",
+          "begin": "^  ((\\d+) )",
+          "while": "^  (?:((\\d+)(:))|((\\d+) ))",
+          "beginCaptures": {
+            "0": {
+              "name": "constant.numeric.integer meta.resultLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "1": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.contextLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "2": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.lineNumber.search"
+            }
+          },
+          "whileCaptures": {
+            "0": {
+              "name": "constant.numeric.integer meta.resultLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "1": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.matchLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "2": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.lineNumber.search"
+            },
+            "3": {
+              "name": "punctuation.separator"
+            },
+            "4": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.contextLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "5": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.lineNumber.search"
+            }
+          },
+          "patterns": [
+            {
+              "include": "source.perl"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "begin": "^  ((\\d+)(:))",
+          "while": "(?=not)possible",
+          "name": "meta.resultLine.search meta.resultLine.singleLine.search",
+          "beginCaptures": {
+            "0": {
+              "name": "constant.numeric.integer meta.resultLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "1": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.matchLinePrefix.search"
+            },
+            "2": {
+              "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.lineNumber.search"
+            },
+            "3": {
+              "name": "punctuation.separator"
+            }
+          },
+          "patterns": [
+            {
+              "include": "source.perl"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     "ps1": {
       "name": "meta.resultBlock.search",
       "begin": "^(?!\\s)(.*?)([^\\\\\\/\\n]*\\.ps1)(:)$",