diff -Nru libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/changelog libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/changelog
--- libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/changelog	2015-11-30 19:42:47.000000000 +0000
+++ libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/changelog	2015-12-28 01:41:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+libcpanplus-perl (0.9156-1ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Depend on libdbd-sqlite3-perl and libdbix-simple-perl for
+    runtime-deps-and-recommends autopkgtest; these are also covered by
+    needs-recommends, but an explicit dependency forces autopkgtest not to
+    drop them during Perl transitions due to pinning only necessary packages
+    from -proposed.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 01:41:33 +0000
+
 libcpanplus-perl (0.9156-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Rename autopkgtest configuration file(s) as per new pkg-perl-
diff -Nru libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/control libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/control
--- libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/control	2015-11-30 19:42:47.000000000 +0000
+++ libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/control	2015-12-28 01:41:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Source: libcpanplus-perl
-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
 Section: perl
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
diff -Nru libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/tests/control libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/tests/control
--- libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/tests/control	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ libcpanplus-perl-0.9156/debian/tests/control	2015-12-28 01:41:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Test-Command: /usr/share/pkg-perl-autopkgtest/runner build-deps
+Depends: @, @builddeps@, pkg-perl-autopkgtest
+
+Test-Command: /usr/share/pkg-perl-autopkgtest/runner runtime-deps
+Depends: @, pkg-perl-autopkgtest
+
+Test-Command: /usr/share/pkg-perl-autopkgtest/runner runtime-deps-and-recommends
+Depends: @, pkg-perl-autopkgtest, libdbd-sqlite3-perl, libdbix-simple-perl
+Restrictions: needs-recommends
+
+Test-Command: /usr/share/pkg-perl-autopkgtest/runner heavy-deps
+Depends: @, pkg-perl-autopkgtest, pkg-perl-autopkgtest-heavy