In this paper, we show that a Cayley graph for an abelian group has an independent perfect domination set if and only if it is a covering graph of a complete graph. As an application, we show that the hypercube Q(n) has an independent perfect domination set if and only if Q(n) is a regular covering of the complete graph Kn+1 if and only if n = 2(m) - 1 for some natural number m. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.