diff --git a/perlmod-macro/src/attribs.rs b/perlmod-macro/src/attribs.rs
index 71d61b5..03fb541 100644
--- a/perlmod-macro/src/attribs.rs
+++ b/perlmod-macro/src/attribs.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ impl TryFrom<AttributeArgs> for ModuleAttrs {
     }
 }
 
+impl ModuleAttrs {
+    pub fn mangle_package_name(&self) -> String {
+        let mut out = String::with_capacity(self.package_name.len());
+        for ch in self.package_name.chars() {
+            if ch.is_ascii_alphabetic() || ch.is_ascii_digit() {
+                out.push(ch);
+            } else {
+                out.push('_');
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct FunctionAttrs {
     pub xs_name: Option<Ident>,
 }
diff --git a/perlmod-macro/src/function.rs b/perlmod-macro/src/function.rs
index 923933f..899a48c 100644
--- a/perlmod-macro/src/function.rs
+++ b/perlmod-macro/src/function.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ pub struct XSub {
     pub tokens: TokenStream,
 }
 
-pub fn handle_function(attr: FunctionAttrs, func: syn::ItemFn) -> Result<XSub, Error> {
+pub fn handle_function(
+    attr: FunctionAttrs,
+    func: syn::ItemFn,
+    mangled_package_name: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<XSub, Error> {
     //let vis = core::mem::replace(&mut func.vis, syn::Visibility::Inherited);
     //if let syn::Visibility::Public(_) = vis {
     //    // ok
@@ -32,7 +36,10 @@ pub fn handle_function(attr: FunctionAttrs, func: syn::ItemFn) -> Result<XSub, E
     let name = &sig.ident;
     let xs_name = attr
         .xs_name
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| Ident::new(&format!("xs_{}", name), name.span()));
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| match mangled_package_name {
+            None => Ident::new(&format!("xs_{}", name), name.span()),
+            Some(prefix) => Ident::new(&format!("xs_{}_{}", prefix, name), name.span()),
+        });
     let impl_xs_name = Ident::new(&format!("impl_xs_{}", name), name.span());
 
     let mut extract_arguments = TokenStream::new();
diff --git a/perlmod-macro/src/lib.rs b/perlmod-macro/src/lib.rs
index c40adde..64ec05b 100644
--- a/perlmod-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/perlmod-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ fn export_impl(attr: AttributeArgs, item: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, Er
     let func: syn::ItemFn = syn::parse2(item)?;
 
     let attr = attribs::FunctionAttrs::try_from(attr)?;
-    let func = function::handle_function(attr, func)?;
+    let func = function::handle_function(attr, func, None)?;
     Ok(func.tokens)
 }
 
diff --git a/perlmod-macro/src/module.rs b/perlmod-macro/src/module.rs
index d065043..0d14c9e 100644
--- a/perlmod-macro/src/module.rs
+++ b/perlmod-macro/src/module.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::package::Package;
 
 pub fn handle_module(attr: AttributeArgs, mut module: syn::ItemMod) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
     let mut package = Package::with_attrs(attr)?;
+    let mangled_package_name = package.mangle_package_name();
 
     if let Some((_brace, ref mut items)) = module.content {
         for item in items.iter_mut() {
@@ -42,7 +43,11 @@ pub fn handle_module(attr: AttributeArgs, mut module: syn::ItemMod) -> Result<To
 
                     // if we removed an #[export] macro this is an exported function:
                     if let Some(attribs) = attribs {
-                        let func = crate::function::handle_function(attribs, func)?;
+                        let func = crate::function::handle_function(
+                            attribs,
+                            func,
+                            Some(&mangled_package_name),
+                        )?;
                         *item = syn::Item::Verbatim(func.tokens);
 
                         package.export_named(
diff --git a/perlmod-macro/src/package.rs b/perlmod-macro/src/package.rs
index 0f76163..d0350d9 100644
--- a/perlmod-macro/src/package.rs
+++ b/perlmod-macro/src/package.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ impl Package {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn mangle_package_name(&self) -> String {
+        self.attrs.mangle_package_name()
+    }
 }
 
 mod kw {
diff --git a/perlmod-test/src/lib.rs b/perlmod-test/src/lib.rs
index 1d323f6..637c209 100644
--- a/perlmod-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/perlmod-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "rust142")]
 /// The fhe following requires rust 1.42 to work, as custom attributes on inline modules has only
 /// been stabilized then.
 mod pkg142;
diff --git a/perlmod-test/src/pkg142.rs b/perlmod-test/src/pkg142.rs
index 770ef93..b45e0cf 100644
--- a/perlmod-test/src/pkg142.rs
+++ b/perlmod-test/src/pkg142.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#[perlmod::package(name = "RSPM::Foo", lib = "perlmod_test")]
+#[perlmod::package(name = "RSPM::Foo142", lib = "perlmod_test")]
 mod export {
     use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 
     #[export]
-    fn foo(a: u32, b: u32) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+    fn foo142(a: u32, b: u32) -> Result<u32, Error> {
         if a == 42 {
             bail!("dying on magic number");
         }