diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1568c177fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package Git::LoadCPAN;
+use 5.008;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Git::LoadCPAN - Wrapper for loading modules from the CPAN (OS) or Git's own copy
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The Perl code in Git depends on some modules from the CPAN, but we
+don't want to make those a hard requirement for anyone building from
+source.
+
+Therefore the L<Git::LoadCPAN> namespace shipped with Git contains
+wrapper modules like C<Git::LoadCPAN::Module::Name> that will first
+attempt to load C<Module::Name> from the OS, and if that doesn't work
+will fall back on C<Git::FromCPAN::Module::Name> shipped with Git
+itself.
+
+Usually distributors will not ship with Git's Git::FromCPAN tree at
+all, preferring to use their own packaging of CPAN modules instead.
+
+This module is only intended to be used for code shipping in the
+C<git.git> repository. Use it for anything else at your peril!
+
+=cut
+
+sub import {
+	shift;
+	my $caller = caller;
+	my %args = @_;
+	my $module = exists $args{module} ? delete $args{module} : die "BUG: Expected 'module' parameter!";
+	my $import = exists $args{import} ? delete $args{import} : die "BUG: Expected 'import' parameter!";
+	die "BUG: Too many arguments!" if keys %args;
+
+	# Foo::Bar to Foo/Bar.pm
+	my $package_pm = $module;
+	$package_pm =~ s[::][/]g;
+	$package_pm .= '.pm';
+
+	eval {
+		require $package_pm;
+		1;
+	} or do {
+		my $error = $@ || "Zombie Error";
+
+		my $Git_LoadCPAN_pm_path = $INC{"Git/LoadCPAN.pm"} || die "BUG: Should have our own path from %INC!";
+
+		require File::Basename;
+		my $Git_LoadCPAN_pm_root = File::Basename::dirname($Git_LoadCPAN_pm_path) || die "BUG: Can't figure out lib/Git dirname from '$Git_LoadCPAN_pm_path'!";
+
+		require File::Spec;
+		my $Git_pm_FromCPAN_root = File::Spec->catdir($Git_LoadCPAN_pm_root, 'FromCPAN');
+		die "BUG: '$Git_pm_FromCPAN_root' should be a directory!" unless -d $Git_pm_FromCPAN_root;
+
+		local @INC = ($Git_pm_FromCPAN_root, @INC);
+		require $package_pm;
+	};
+
+	if ($import) {
+		no strict 'refs';
+		*{"${caller}::import"} = sub {
+			shift;
+			use strict 'refs';
+			unshift @_, $module;
+			goto &{"${module}::import"};
+		};
+		use strict 'refs';
+	}
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm
index 3513fe745b..c6d2c45d80 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm
@@ -2,45 +2,9 @@ package Git::LoadCPAN::Error;
 use 5.008;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-Git::LoadCPAN::Error - Wrapper for the L<Error> module, in case it's not installed
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-Wraps the import function for the L<Error> module.
-
-This module is only intended to be used for code shipping in the
-C<git.git> repository. Use it for anything else at your peril!
-
-=cut
-
-sub import {
-    shift;
-    my $caller = caller;
-
-    eval {
-	require Error;
-	1;
-    } or do {
-	my $error = $@ || "Zombie Error";
-
-	my $Git_Error_pm_path = $INC{"Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm"} || die "BUG: Should have our own path from %INC!";
-
-	require File::Basename;
-	my $Git_Error_pm_root = File::Basename::dirname($Git_Error_pm_path) || die "BUG: Can't figure out lib/Git dirname from '$Git_Error_pm_path'!";
-
-	require File::Spec;
-	my $Git_pm_FromCPAN_root = File::Spec->catdir($Git_Error_pm_root, '..', 'FromCPAN');
-	die "BUG: '$Git_pm_FromCPAN_root' should be a directory!" unless -d $Git_pm_FromCPAN_root;
-
-	local @INC = ($Git_pm_FromCPAN_root, @INC);
-	require Error;
-    };
-
-    unshift @_, $caller;
-    goto &Error::import;
-}
+use Git::LoadCPAN (
+	module => 'Error',
+	import => 1,
+);
 
 1;
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm
index 879c2f5cd1..f70a4f064c 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm
@@ -2,23 +2,9 @@ package Git::LoadCPAN::Mail::Address;
 use 5.008;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-Git::LoadCPAN::Mail::Address - Wrapper for the L<Mail::Address> module, in case it's not installed
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This module is only intended to be used for code shipping in the
-C<git.git> repository. Use it for anything else at your peril!
-
-=cut
-
-eval {
-    require Mail::Address;
-    1;
-} or do {
-    require Git::FromCPAN::Mail::Address;
-};
+use Git::LoadCPAN (
+	module => 'Mail::Address',
+	import => 0,
+);
 
 1;