diff --git a/FastCGI.changes b/FastCGI.changes
index 1a31360..d7ac1e3 100644
--- a/FastCGI.changes
+++ b/FastCGI.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 20 13:13:06 UTC 2013 - boris@steki.net
+
+- re-enable SLE support as %perl_requires is too new
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 11 12:12:00 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/FastCGI.spec b/FastCGI.spec
index bbd60c0..1a8c088 100644
--- a/FastCGI.spec
+++ b/FastCGI.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package FastCGI
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ APIs.
 Summary:        A scalable, open extension to CGI
 Group:          Development/Languages/C and C++
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120 
+Requires:       perl >= 5.8.0
+%else
 %{perl_requires}
+%endif
 
 %description -n perl-FastCGI
 FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that