diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec b/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
index 603e3a3..1506525 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ Release:       1
 Vendor:        openSUSE-Education
 Source:        %{real_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Requires:      perl-XML-Writer
-%{perl_requires}
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  perl
+BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 
 %description
 This module implements a bare-bones class specifically for the purpose of