diff --git a/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.changes b/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.changes
index 99e97a5..1c4d003 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.changes
+++ b/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 11:53:34 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 19 08:38:52 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.spec b/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.spec
index c7ec8b0..8abafe0 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.spec
+++ b/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ License:        Artistic license
 Source:         Net-SMTP-SSL-1.01.tar.gz
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 Summary:        ImplemeImplements the same API as Net::SMTP, but uses IO::Socket::SSL
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}, perl-IO-Socket-SSL
+%{perl_requires}
+Requires:       perl-IO-Socket-SSL
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl