diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index d1792f7..66e312c 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ application for all supported formats.
 Summary:        Perl bindings for GDAL
 Group:          Development/Languages/Perl
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1140
+Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%else
 %{perl_requires}
+%endif
+
 
 %description -n perl-gdal
 Perl bindings for GDAL - Geo::GDAL, Geo::OGR and Geo::OSR modules.