diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm b/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm
index 7497d9c..f387c86 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ sub ParseData
 
 			if ($lcnt == $rcnt)
 			{
-				eval '$hash_ref = ' . $_;
+				# We're treating the input line as a piece of Perl, so we
+				# need to use string eval here. Tell perlcritic we know what
+				# we're doing.
+				eval '$hash_ref = ' . $_; ## no critic (ProhibitStringyEval)
 				if (!ref $hash_ref)
 				{
 					die "$input_file: error parsing line $.:\n$_\n";
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl b/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl
index a38fea3..91d7968 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl
+++ b/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# turn off perlcritic for autogened code
+## no critic
+
 $0 =~ s/^.*?(\w+)[\.\w+]*$/$1/;
 
 use strict;
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl b/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl
index ff05964..05334a6 100644
--- a/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl
+++ b/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ sub ::encode_array_constructor
 }
 
 {
-
-	package PostgreSQL::InServer
-	  ;    ## no critic (RequireFilenameMatchesPackage);
+#<<< protect next line from perltidy so perlcritic annotation works
+	package PostgreSQL::InServer;  ## no critic (RequireFilenameMatchesPackage)
+#>>>
 	use strict;
 	use warnings;
 
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/plc_trusted.pl b/src/pl/plperl/plc_trusted.pl
index 7b11a3f..dea3727 100644
--- a/src/pl/plperl/plc_trusted.pl
+++ b/src/pl/plperl/plc_trusted.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #  src/pl/plperl/plc_trusted.pl
 
-package PostgreSQL::InServer::safe
-  ;    ## no critic (RequireFilenameMatchesPackage);
+#<<< protect next line from perltidy so perlcritic annotation works
+package PostgreSQL::InServer::safe; ## no critic (RequireFilenameMatchesPackage)
+#>>>
 
 # Load widely useful pragmas into plperl to make them available.
 #