diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f058c8632b7..f5dd9faa3f3 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+2012-12-27  Sam Steingold  <sds@gnu.org>
+
+	* progmodes/cperl-mode.el (cperl-calculate-indent): Do not stagger
+	continuations, see <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582436>.
+
 2012-12-27  Dmitry Gutov  <dgutov@yandex.ru>
 
 	* progmodes/ruby-mode.el (ruby-indent-beg-re): Only allow "class",
 	"module" and "def" to have indentation before them.  Regression
-	from 109911 (see the new test).
+	from Bug#109911 (see the new test).
 
 	* progmodes/ruby-mode.el: Bump the version to 1.2 (Bug#13200).
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
index 0a952cf3870..437235a8a6f 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
@@ -3120,8 +3120,10 @@ and closing parentheses and brackets."
 	 ((eq 'continuation (elt i 0))
 	  ;; [continuation statement-start char-after is-block is-brace]
 	  (goto-char (elt i 1))		; statement-start
-	  (+ (if (memq (elt i 2) (append "}])" nil)) ; char-after
-		 0			; Closing parenth
+	  (+ (if (or (memq (elt i 2) (append "}])" nil)) ; char-after
+                     (eq 'continuation ; do not stagger continuations
+                         (elt (cperl-sniff-for-indent parse-data) 0)))
+		 0 ; Closing parenth or continuation of a continuation
 	       cperl-continued-statement-offset)
 	     (if (or (elt i 3)		; is-block
 		     (not (elt i 4))		; is-brace