diff --git a/perl-XML-Structured.changes b/perl-XML-Structured.changes
index 3a661d0..06cafcd 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Structured.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Structured.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:36:21 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 24 19:34:00 UTC 2010 - jw@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Structured.spec b/perl-XML-Structured.spec
index 4136c03..078332a 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Structured.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Structured.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Version:      1.1
 Release:      0
 # define the name from CPAN
 %define       cpan_name %( echo %{name} | %{__sed} -e 's,perl-,,' )
-Requires:     perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 %endif