diff --git a/perl-DateTime.changes b/perl-DateTime.changes
index 7488b54..bd75686 100644
--- a/perl-DateTime.changes
+++ b/perl-DateTime.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:31:48 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 22 12:53:57 CET 2010 - anicka@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/perl-DateTime.spec b/perl-DateTime.spec
index bbb273d..1008f9f 100644
--- a/perl-DateTime.spec
+++ b/perl-DateTime.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Params::Validate) >= 0.76
 BuildRequires:  perl(Scalar::Util)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Time::Local) >= 1.04
 #
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(DateTime::Locale) >= 0.41
 Requires:       perl(DateTime::TimeZone) >= 1.09
 Requires:       perl(Params::Validate) >= 0.76