diff --git a/fix-pod-syntax.diff b/fix-pod-syntax.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b150d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-pod-syntax.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Index: parallel-20130422/src/parallel.pod
+===================================================================
+--- parallel-20130422.orig/src/parallel.pod
++++ parallel-20130422/src/parallel.pod
+@@ -528,18 +528,18 @@ Print a summary of the options to GNU B<
+ 
+ =over 3
+ 
+-=item 0
++=item Z<>0
+ 
+ Do not halt if a job fails. Exit status will be the number of jobs
+ failed. This is the default.
+ 
+-=item 1
++=item Z<>1
+ 
+ Do not start new jobs if a job fails, but complete the running jobs
+ including cleanup. The exit status will be the exit status from the
+ last failing job.
+ 
+-=item 2
++=item Z<>2
+ 
+ Kill off all jobs immediately and exit without cleanup. The exit
+ status will be the exit status from the failing job.
+@@ -2752,19 +2752,19 @@ If B<--halt-on-error> 0 or not specified
+ 
+ =over 6
+ 
+-=item 0
++=item Z<>0
+ 
+ All jobs ran without error.
+ 
+-=item 1-253
++=item Z<>1-253
+ 
+ Some of the jobs failed. The exit status gives the number of failed jobs
+ 
+-=item 254
++=item Z<>254
+ 
+ More than 253 jobs failed.
+ 
+-=item 255
++=item Z<>255
+ 
+ Other error.
+ 
diff --git a/gnu_parallel.changes b/gnu_parallel.changes
index 5ced56f..3354132 100644
--- a/gnu_parallel.changes
+++ b/gnu_parallel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 20 11:36:03 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add fix-pod-syntax.diff to fix build with perl 5.18
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  8 17:30:12 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/gnu_parallel.spec b/gnu_parallel.spec
index e767629..a37ffb7 100644
--- a/gnu_parallel.spec
+++ b/gnu_parallel.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
 Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-%version.tar.bz2
 Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-%version.tar.bz2.sig
 Source3:        %name.keyring
+Patch0:         fix-pod-syntax.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ commands in parallel.
 %prep
 %{?gpg_verify: %gpg_verify %{S:2}}
 %setup -qn parallel-%version
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --docdir="%_docdir/%name"