diff --git a/perl-Devel-CheckLib.changes b/perl-Devel-CheckLib.changes
index 71774d8..c73ad64 100644
--- a/perl-Devel-CheckLib.changes
+++ b/perl-Devel-CheckLib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 06:55:36 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:29:45 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Devel-CheckLib.spec b/perl-Devel-CheckLib.spec
index 1b2437a..1b841a4 100644
--- a/perl-Devel-CheckLib.spec
+++ b/perl-Devel-CheckLib.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Devel-CheckLib/
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  make perl
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)