diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index f22e234..fb968bd 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 13 20:11:01 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Use perl_requires macro in guestfs-tools
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 13 19:32:00 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 14074c0..2e7d0ec 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Sys::Virt)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Win::Hivex)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Win::Hivex::Regedit)
 
-%{perl_requires}
 %define _configure_perl --enable-perl
 %else
 %define _configure_perl --disable-perl
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ Summary:        Tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images
 Group:          System/Filesystems
 Provides:       %{name} = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{name} < %{version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Recommends:     guestfs-data
 
 %description -n guestfs-tools
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Summary:        Provides Perl support for libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems
 Provides:       libguestfs-perl = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      libguestfs-perl < %{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%perl_requires
 
 %description -n perl-Sys-Guestfs
 Allows Perl scripts to directly use libguestfs.