diff --git a/irssi.changes b/irssi.changes
index 562e9f8..e5a80f5 100644
--- a/irssi.changes
+++ b/irssi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  5 17:44:34 CEST 2013 - mls@suse.de
+
+- add libperl_requires, as we link against libperl and thus
+  need a specific version of perl
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 10 16:16:30 UTC 2013 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/irssi.spec b/irssi.spec
index 0fe9102..04acef6 100644
--- a/irssi.spec
+++ b/irssi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package irssi
 #
-# 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
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/IRC
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1130
 %{perl_requires}
+%{?libperl_requires}
 %else
-Requires:       perl = %perl_version
+Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 %endif
 
 %description