diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 2232b79..7891008 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -74,11 +74,9 @@ BuildRequires:  rsync
 BuildRequires:  cryptsetup
 BuildRequires:  iproute2
 BuildRequires:  strace
-%if %suse_version < 1210
 # perl as included in openSuSE 11.4 has this, but an older version without html_charset
-# Without the version the requires is ignored for some reason
-BuildRequires:  perl(Pod::Simple::XHTML) = 3.23
-%endif
+# perl as included in openSuSE 12.1 includes 3.16, so require at least this version
+BuildRequires:  perl(Pod::Simple::XHTML) >= 3.16
 #
 %if %{with_fuse}
 BuildRequires:  fuse-devel