diff --git a/collectd.changes b/collectd.changes
index 076eb09..b58fe0a 100644
--- a/collectd.changes
+++ b/collectd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 11 12:05:44 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- require the right perl version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 23 10:56:57 UTC 2012 - aj@suse.de
 
diff --git a/collectd.spec b/collectd.spec
index ce72454..acd6ff0 100644
--- a/collectd.spec
+++ b/collectd.spec
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ BuildRequires:  protobuf-c
 %endif
 %if %suse_version >= 1210
 BuildRequires:  libxtables-devel
+%{perl_requires}
 %endif
 # in case we'd like to split it later:
 Provides:       collectd-perl = %{version}-%{release}