diff --git a/src/solidlsp/language_servers/perl_language_server.py b/src/solidlsp/language_servers/perl_language_server.py
index 3edb9bca..c2e40b39 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/language_servers/perl_language_server.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/language_servers/perl_language_server.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class PerlLanguageServer(SolidLanguageServer):
     Provides Perl specific instantiation of the LanguageServer class using Perl::LanguageServer.
     """
 
+    # Keep in sync with Language.PERL.get_source_fn_matcher() in solidlsp/ls_config.py:
+    # extensions missing here are invisible to Perl::LanguageServer's project index.
+    _FILE_FILTER: list = [".pm", ".pl", ".t"]
+
     @staticmethod
     def _get_perl_version() -> str | None:
         """Get the installed Perl version or None if not found."""
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ class PerlLanguageServer(SolidLanguageServer):
 
             perl_config = {
                 "perlInc": [self.repository_root_path, "."],
-                "fileFilter": [".pm", ".pl"],
+                "fileFilter": self._FILE_FILTER,
                 "ignoreDirs": [".git", ".svn", "blib", "local", ".carton", "vendor", "_build", "cover_db"],
             }
 
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ class PerlLanguageServer(SolidLanguageServer):
             "settings": {
                 "perl": {
                     "perlInc": [self.repository_root_path, "."],
-                    "fileFilter": [".pm", ".pl"],
+                    "fileFilter": self._FILE_FILTER,
                     "ignoreDirs": [".git", ".svn", "blib", "local", ".carton", "vendor", "_build", "cover_db"],
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/resources/repos/perl/test_repo/helper.t b/test/resources/repos/perl/test_repo/helper.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0887b182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/repos/perl/test_repo/helper.t
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use lib '.';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+require helper;
+
+helper_function();
+ok(1, 'helper_function callable from .t file');
diff --git a/test/solidlsp/perl/test_perl_basic.py b/test/solidlsp/perl/test_perl_basic.py
index efb01d01..9ba29cfb 100644
--- a/test/solidlsp/perl/test_perl_basic.py
+++ b/test/solidlsp/perl/test_perl_basic.py
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ class TestPerlLanguageServer:
         assert 17 in main_pl_lines, f"Expected reference at line 18 (0-indexed 17), found: {main_pl_lines}"
         assert 20 in main_pl_lines, f"Expected reference at line 21 (0-indexed 20), found: {main_pl_lines}"
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("language_server", [Language.PERL], indirect=True)
+    def test_find_references_includes_t_files(self, language_server: SolidLanguageServer) -> None:
+        """References to a .pm/.pl sub must surface callers in .t test files (fileFilter includes .t)."""
+        reference_locations = language_server.request_references("helper.pl", 4, 5)
+
+        t_refs = [ref for ref in reference_locations if ref["uri"].endswith(".t")]
+        assert t_refs, f"Expected at least one reference in a .t file, got: {[r['uri'] for r in reference_locations]}"
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("language_server", [Language.PERL], indirect=True)
     def test_bare_symbol_names(self, language_server) -> None:
         all_symbols = request_all_symbols(language_server)