diff --git a/macros.perl b/macros.perl
index b79d73b..4ec7a2c 100644
--- a/macros.perl
+++ b/macros.perl
@@ -22,17 +22,24 @@
 %perl_installarchlib    %(perl -V:installarchlib | sed "s!.*='!!;s!'.*!!")
 %perl_prefix            %{buildroot}
 
+# Macro to encapsulate perl requires (empty for fedora and suse > 11.3)
+# we keep the complicated form even here to easy sync the other macros with
+# perl-macros package
+# 
+%perl_requires() \
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 0 && 0%{?suse_version} < 1700 \
+Requires: perl = %{perl_version} \
+%endif
+
 # suse specific macros
 #
 %perl_make_install make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install_vendor
 %perl_process_packlist(n:) \
-  if [ %{_target_cpu} == noarch ]; then \
-    test -n "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -a -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto && \
-      find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto -name .packlist -print0 | xargs -0 -r rm ; \
-      find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto -depth -type d -print0 | xargs -0 -r rmdir ; \
-  else \
-    test -n "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -a -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto && \
-      find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto -name .packlist -print0 | xargs -0 -r rm ; \
+  if test -n "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -a -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto; then \
+    find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto -name .packlist -print0 | xargs -0 -r rm \
+    if [ %{_target_cpu} == noarch ]; then \
+      find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/auto -depth -type d -print0 | xargs -0 -r rmdir \
+    fi \
   fi \
   rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{perl_archlib}/perllocal.pod \
   %nil
diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index cdd5081..9dd602f 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 30 10:23:06 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- added a new macro %perl_requires
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 29 15:20:19 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- simplify macro logic a bit
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 22 19:27:42 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de