diff --git a/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.changes b/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.changes
index ff3a70c..10f9008 100644
--- a/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.changes
+++ b/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:31:47 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 17 16:54:30 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.spec b/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.spec
index 52a1718..e06b4a7 100644
--- a/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.spec
+++ b/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(DateTime) >= 0.44
 BuildRequires:  perl(DateTime::Locale) >= 0.45
 BuildRequires:  perl(DateTime::TimeZone) >= 0.79
 BuildRequires:  perl(Params::Validate) >= 0.64
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(DateTime) >= 0.44
 Requires:       perl(DateTime::Locale) >= 0.45
 Requires:       perl(DateTime::TimeZone) >= 0.79