diff --git a/perl-SQL-Statement.changes b/perl-SQL-Statement.changes
index 66c1f07..35411aa 100644
--- a/perl-SQL-Statement.changes
+++ b/perl-SQL-Statement.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:35:18 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 23 12:52:39 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-SQL-Statement.spec b/perl-SQL-Statement.spec
index dd4efcc..4166cbf 100644
--- a/perl-SQL-Statement.spec
+++ b/perl-SQL-Statement.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod::Coverage) >= 1.00
 BuildRequires:  perl(DBD::CSV)
 %endif
 #
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(Carp)
 Requires:       perl(Clone) >= 0.30
 Requires:       perl(Data::Dumper)