use ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.64;
WriteMakefile(
    ...
    PREREQ_PM => {
         # your module's runtime dependencies
    },
    TEST_REQUIRES => {
        'Test::Exception' => 0,
    },
);

##</code><code>##

$ corelist "/Test::Exception/"
/Test::Exception/  has no match in CORE (or so I think)

##</code><code>##

use Test::More;
use Test::Fatal 'exception';
like exception {
   die "Blam";
}, qr/\bBlam\b/, 'exception is as expected';