diff --git a/perl-XML-Simple.changes b/perl-XML-Simple.changes
index 4cd73a6..d7e8ea2 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Simple.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Simple.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:36:19 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:32:29 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Simple.spec b/perl-XML-Simple.spec
index 458a242..ab7c64f 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Simple.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Simple.spec
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 Name:           perl-XML-Simple
 BuildRequires:  perl-XML-Parser
+BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 Version:        2.18
 Release:        71
 Requires:       perl-XML-Parser
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Artistic
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Summary:        Easy API to read/write XML (Perl module)
 Source:         http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GR/GRANTM/XML-Simple-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch:          XML-Simple-%{version}-test.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
 XML::Simple - Easy API to read/write XML (esp config files)