diff --git a/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.changes b/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.changes
index e566ec9..a3db6ce 100644
--- a/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.changes
+++ b/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:31:45 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 23 00:23:07 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.spec b/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.spec
index 69cce19..6a453c4 100644
--- a/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.spec
+++ b/perl-DateTime-Format-DateManip.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-Format-DateManip/
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  make perl
 BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)