diff --git a/perl-Math-Gradient.changes b/perl-Math-Gradient.changes
index 4ad49e5..aebc3cc 100644
--- a/perl-Math-Gradient.changes
+++ b/perl-Math-Gradient.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 30 19:20:31 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:30:30 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Math-Gradient.spec b/perl-Math-Gradient.spec
index 341fb60..2c79e52 100644
--- a/perl-Math-Gradient.spec
+++ b/perl-Math-Gradient.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Gradient/
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  make perl
 
 %description