diff --git a/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet.i b/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet.i
index bf00e6856d64..86d39b3b2758 100644
--- a/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet.i
+++ b/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet.i
@@ -1196,6 +1196,12 @@ int MXExecutorSimpleBind(SymbolHandle symbol_handle,
                          const mx_uint num_provided_arg_dtypes,
                          const char** in, // provided_arg_dtype_names,
                          const int* in, // provided_arg_dtypes,
+
+//---------------        sparse related variables, ignored for now
+                         const mx_uint num_provided_arg_stypes,
+                         const char** provided_arg_stype_names,
+                         const int* provided_arg_stypes,
+//---------------
                          const mx_uint num_shared_arg_names,
                          const char** in, // shared_arg_name_list,
 //------------
diff --git a/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet_typemaps.i b/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet_typemaps.i
index 640215fd7792..5d2fbd6880a1 100644
--- a/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet_typemaps.i
+++ b/perl-package/AI-MXNetCAPI/mxnet_typemaps.i
@@ -820,6 +820,17 @@
     }
 }
 
+%typemap(in,numinputs=0) (const mx_uint num_provided_arg_stypes, const char** provided_arg_stype_names,
+                          const int* provided_arg_stypes)
+                         (mx_uint temp1, char* temp2, int temp3)
+{
+    $2 = &temp2;
+    $3 = &temp3;
+    $1 = 0;
+    *$2 = NULL;
+    *$3 = 0;
+}
+
 %typemap(in,numinputs=0) (mx_uint* num_aux_states,
                           NDArrayHandle** aux_states)
                          (mx_uint temp1,