diff --git a/perlcritic.rc b/perlcritic.rc
index 8c555de4..123d042c 100644
--- a/perlcritic.rc
+++ b/perlcritic.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 severity = 1
-exclude = RequireTidyCode RequirePodSections ProhibitPostfixControls RequireRcsKeywords RequireExplicitPackage
+exclude = RequireTidyCode RequirePodSections ProhibitPostfixControls RequireRcsKeywords RequireExplicitPackage ProhibitPunctuationVars
 include = Moose::ProhibitMultipleWiths Moose::ProhibitNewMethod Moose::RequireCleanNamespace Moose::RequireMakeImmutable
 color = 1
 verbose = 9