diff --git a/bin/stow.in b/bin/stow.in
index 6198d9a..2659129 100755
--- a/bin/stow.in
+++ b/bin/stow.in
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ sub version {
     exit 0;
 }
 
+1; # This file is required by t/stow.t
 
 # Local variables:
 # mode: perl