diff --git a/weechat.changes b/weechat.changes
index a99997c..669b352 100644
--- a/weechat.changes
+++ b/weechat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  5 18:53:22 CEST 2013 - mls@suse.de
+
+- add libperl_requires, as we link against libperl and thus
+  need a specific version of perl
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug  6 13:57:58 UTC 2013 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/weechat.spec b/weechat.spec
index c1b9e30..937f6f4 100644
--- a/weechat.spec
+++ b/weechat.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Support for %{name} scripts written in the Lua language.
 Summary:        Perl Scripting Support for %{name}
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/IRC
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+%{?libperl_requires}
 
 %description perl
 Support for %{name} scripts written in the Perl language.