diff --git a/gnumeric.changes b/gnumeric.changes
index 0c10d45..4afcc7b 100644
--- a/gnumeric.changes
+++ b/gnumeric.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  5 17:25:51 CEST 2013 - mls@suse.de
+
+- add libperl_requires, as we link against libperl and thus
+  need a specific version of perl
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep  1 20:15:05 UTC 2013 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnumeric.spec b/gnumeric.spec
index eb052e3..ca12c31 100644
--- a/gnumeric.spec
+++ b/gnumeric.spec
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Provides:       gnumeric2 = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      gnumeric2 < %{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %{perl_requires}
+%{?libperl_requires}
 
 %description
 Gnumeric is a spreadsheet application with advanced features and