diff --git a/collectd.changes b/collectd.changes
index a855d4d..3a04995 100644
--- a/collectd.changes
+++ b/collectd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  5 17:19:25 CEST 2013 - mls@suse.de
+
+- add libperl_requires, as we link against libperl and thus
+  need a specific version of perl
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 23 05:33:18 UTC 2013 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/collectd.spec b/collectd.spec
index 7215cac..e747545 100644
--- a/collectd.spec
+++ b/collectd.spec
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libxtables-devel
 %endif
 %if %suse_version >= 1210
 %{perl_requires}
+%{?libperl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 %{?systemd_requires}
 %define has_systemd 1