diff --git a/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.changes b/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.changes
index 36b4651..09ca1bf 100644
--- a/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 10 10:57:22 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-SimpleObject-LibXML.spec b/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.spec
index 6cbe526..c20cfc2 100644
--- a/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-SimpleObject-LibXML.spec
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ Version:        0.60
 Release:        108
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Artistic
-BuildRequires:  perl >= %{perl_version}
-Requires:       perl >= %{perl_version}
+BuildRequires:  perl perl-macros
 Url:            http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML/
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
 This is a short and simple class allowing simple object access to a