diff --git a/sacremoses/normalize.py b/sacremoses/normalize.py
index b29d316..21e1e4f 100644
--- a/sacremoses/normalize.py
+++ b/sacremoses/normalize.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def __init__(
         norm_numbers=True,
         pre_replace_unicode_punct=False,
         post_remove_control_chars=False,
+        perl_parity=False
     ):
         """
         :param language: The two-letter language code.
@@ -142,7 +143,15 @@ def __init__(
         :type norm_quote_commas: bool
         :param norm_numbers: Normalize numbers
         :type norm_numbers: bool
+        :param perl_parity: exact parity with perl script
+        :type perl_parity: bool
         """
+
+        if perl_parity:
+            self.NORMALIZE_UNICODE[11] = ("’", r'"')
+            self.FRENCH_QUOTES[0] = ("\u00A0«\u00A0", r' "')
+            self.FRENCH_QUOTES[3] = ("\u00A0»\u00A0", r'" ')
+
         self.substitutions = [
             self.EXTRA_WHITESPACE,
             self.NORMALIZE_UNICODE,
diff --git a/sacremoses/test/test_normalizer.py b/sacremoses/test/test_normalizer.py
index 74e1ff4..c6a0152 100644
--- a/sacremoses/test/test_normalizer.py
+++ b/sacremoses/test/test_normalizer.py
@@ -70,3 +70,9 @@ def test_normalization_pipeline(self):
         text = "０《１２３》      ４５６％  '' 【７８９】"
         expected = '0"123" 456% " [789]'
         assert moses_norm_unicode.normalize(text) == expected
+
+    def test_moses_normalize_with_perl_parity(self):
+        moses_perl_parity = MosesPunctNormalizer(perl_parity=True)
+        text = 'from the ‘bad bank’, Northern, wala\u00A0«\u00A0dox ci jawwu Les «\u00A0wagonways\u00A0»\u00A0étaient construits'
+        expected = '''from the 'bad bank," Northern, wala "dox ci jawwu Les "wagonways" étaient construits'''
+        assert moses_perl_parity.normalize(text) == expected