diff --git a/perl-PHP-Serialization.changes b/perl-PHP-Serialization.changes
index ef5fb23..b95c68d 100644
--- a/perl-PHP-Serialization.changes
+++ b/perl-PHP-Serialization.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 30 19:20:39 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 25 19:41:23 CEST 2009 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-PHP-Serialization.spec b/perl-PHP-Serialization.spec
index 0d15bd3..531ca5d 100644
--- a/perl-PHP-Serialization.spec
+++ b/perl-PHP-Serialization.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 #BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build)
-Requires:  perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
  %{cpan_name} module for perl