diff --git a/bin/tests/system/forward/prereq.sh b/bin/tests/system/forward/prereq.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e299f4db8fbc512f049d3567eabc62fd4c1cfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/forward/prereq.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
+. $SYSTEMTESTTOP/conf.sh
+
+if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS;' 2>/dev/null
+then
+    :
+else
+    echo_i "This test requires the Net::DNS library." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/util/copyrights b/util/copyrights
index c9e900b82d33710d7d921f2c4232fea921034902..3725ce19f5e9ef3d98244ad3ecc939cbe77aceea 100644
--- a/util/copyrights
+++ b/util/copyrights
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@
 ./bin/tests/system/forward/clean.sh		SH	2000,2001,2004,2007,2012,2014,2015,2016,2018,2019
 ./bin/tests/system/forward/ns1/example.db	X	2000,2001,2018
 ./bin/tests/system/forward/ns2/example.db	X	2000,2001,2018
+./bin/tests/system/forward/prereq.sh		SH	2019
 ./bin/tests/system/forward/setup.sh		SH	2018,2019
 ./bin/tests/system/forward/tests.sh		SH	2000,2001,2004,2007,2011,2012,2013,2014,2016,2018,2019
 ./bin/tests/system/genzone.sh			SH	2001,2002,2003,2004,2007,2009,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019