diff --git a/vim.changes b/vim.changes
index 1d9b0bd..0412347 100644
--- a/vim.changes
+++ b/vim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  3 18:54:57 UTC 2016 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Link to perl directly instead of dlopen'ing it. 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  3 15:38:50 UTC 2016 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- vim must require %{?libperl_requires}, if perl is not
+  updated with vim in lockstep, the following error
+  occurs:
+  vim: error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so
+  and the program stops working. (boo#982869)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  3 09:55:54 UTC 2016 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 702a45c..f9c2a8f 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         fileutils
 PreReq:         sh-utils
+%{?libperl_requires}
 Provides:       vi
 Provides:       vim-base = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       vim-enhanced = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ export COMMON_OPTIONS="\
 %endif
     --with-global-runtime=%{site_runtimepath} \
     --enable-luainterp=dynamic \
-    --enable-perlinterp=dynamic \
+    --enable-perlinterp=yes \
     --enable-pythoninterp=dynamic \
     --enable-python3interp=dynamic \
     --enable-rubyinterp=dynamic"