diff --git a/perl-XML-DOM.changes b/perl-XML-DOM.changes
index 705be4e..d9e2b8f 100644
--- a/perl-XML-DOM.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-DOM.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:36:09 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 27 09:08:05 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-DOM.spec b/perl-XML-DOM.spec
index f6ec66f..e2c4593 100644
--- a/perl-XML-DOM.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-DOM.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(LWP::UserAgent)
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::Parser) >= 2.30
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::Parser::PerlSAX) >= 0.07
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::RegExp)
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(LWP::UserAgent)
 Requires:       perl(XML::Parser) >= 2.30
 Requires:       perl(XML::Parser::PerlSAX) >= 0.07