diff --git a/perl-UUID.changes b/perl-UUID.changes
index c6a8cd6..18788ed 100644
--- a/perl-UUID.changes
+++ b/perl-UUID.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:35:59 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 15 13:16:03 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-UUID.spec b/perl-UUID.spec
index 1b24a19..e3fa595 100644
--- a/perl-UUID.spec
+++ b/perl-UUID.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 %endif
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
 With these 3 routines UUID''s can easily be generated and parsed/un-parsed.