diff --git a/bindings/perl/Sigar.pm b/bindings/perl/Sigar.pm
index cb0ce9e3..ccf2f315 100644
--- a/bindings/perl/Sigar.pm
+++ b/bindings/perl/Sigar.pm
@@ -20,5 +20,72 @@ else {
     XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, $VERSION);
 }
 
+sub NULL_HWADDR() { "00:00:00:00:00:00" }
+
+sub IFF_UP() { 0x1 }
+
+sub IFF_BROADCAST() { 0x2 }
+
+sub IFF_DEBUG() { 0x4 }
+
+sub IFF_LOOPBACK() { 0x8 }
+
+sub IFF_POINTOPOINT() { 0x10 }
+
+sub IFF_NOTRAILERS() { 0x20 }
+
+sub IFF_RUNNING() { 0x40 }
+
+sub IFF_NOARP() { 0x80 }
+
+sub IFF_PROMISC() { 0x100 }
+
+sub IFF_ALLMULTI() { 0x200 }
+
+sub IFF_MULTICAST() { 0x800 }
+
+sub net_interface_flags_string {
+    my($flags) = @_;
+    my $retval = "";
+
+    if ($flags == 0) {
+        $retval .= "[NO FLAGS] ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_UP) {
+        $retval .= "UP ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_BROADCAST) {
+        $retval .= "BROADCAST ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_DEBUG) {
+        $retval .= "DEBUG ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
+        $retval .= "LOOPBACK ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_POINTOPOINT) {
+        $retval .= "POINTOPOINT ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_NOTRAILERS) {
+        $retval .= "NOTRAILERS ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_RUNNING) {
+        $retval .= "RUNNING ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_NOARP) {
+        $retval .= "NOARP ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
+        $retval .= "PROMISC ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
+        $retval .= "ALLMULTI ";
+    }
+    if ($flags & IFF_MULTICAST) {
+        $retval .= "MULTICAST ";
+    }
+
+    return $retval;
+}
 1;
 __END__