diff --git a/perl-IPC-System-Simple.changes b/perl-IPC-System-Simple.changes
index eede487..911517a 100644
--- a/perl-IPC-System-Simple.changes
+++ b/perl-IPC-System-Simple.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 06:55:38 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:30:19 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-IPC-System-Simple.spec b/perl-IPC-System-Simple.spec
index d2ceba3..805ad1b 100644
--- a/perl-IPC-System-Simple.spec
+++ b/perl-IPC-System-Simple.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-System-Simple
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)