diff --git a/perl-Text-Iconv.changes b/perl-Text-Iconv.changes
index 6c31ddc..81c4de3 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Iconv.changes
+++ b/perl-Text-Iconv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:35:46 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 10 15:43:32 CET 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Text-Iconv.spec b/perl-Text-Iconv.spec
index ac8e983..0ea9857 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Iconv.spec
+++ b/perl-Text-Iconv.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Source:         %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
 The Text::Iconv module provides a Perl interface to the iconv() function as