diff --git a/perl-XML-Generator.changes b/perl-XML-Generator.changes
index 3083c5f..83ac44c 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Generator.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Generator.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 30 19:20:59 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:32:27 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Generator.spec b/perl-XML-Generator.spec
index b979ba0..ffcbfaa 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Generator.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Generator.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Generator/
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  make perl
 
 %description