diff --git a/gnumeric.changes b/gnumeric.changes
index 0989c1a..a111351 100644
--- a/gnumeric.changes
+++ b/gnumeric.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 18 22:01:00 UTC 2012 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Application links to libperl.so which is not versioned
+  and %perl_version dependant, add proper Requires.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 11 09:27:26 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnumeric.spec b/gnumeric.spec
index 66aee2c..c9e4cb9 100644
--- a/gnumeric.spec
+++ b/gnumeric.spec
@@ -49,13 +49,16 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pygobject-3.0) >= 3.0.0
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 Recommends:     ghostscript-fonts-std
 Recommends:     liberation-fonts
-# For perl-func plugin
-Recommends:     perl
 # gnumeric uses a ghelp: URI to launch the help application. Let's recommend to have an app that can handle it (bnc#719679)
 Recommends:     mimehandler(x-scheme-handler/ghelp)
 Provides:       gnumeric2 = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      gnumeric2 < %{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1140
+Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%else
+%{perl_requires}
+%endif
 
 %description
 Gnumeric is a spreadsheet application with advanced features and