--- /dev/null
+#!perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+use lib 't/lib';
+
+eval {
+ require Test::Valgrind;
+ Test::Valgrind->import(diag => 1);
+};
+if ($@) {
+ diag $@;
+ plan skip_all
+ => 'Test::Valgrind is required to test your distribution with valgrind';
+}
+
+die 'dummy run-time exception, should not cause the test to fail';