diff --git a/perl-Net-SNMP.changes b/perl-Net-SNMP.changes
index 5ef65b8..44a4ebf 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SNMP.changes
+++ b/perl-Net-SNMP.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 06:55:40 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 19 11:09:45 UTC 2010 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Net-SNMP.spec b/perl-Net-SNMP.spec
index 2b1abb4..f5c5207 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SNMP.spec
+++ b/perl-Net-SNMP.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Errno)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Exporter)
 BuildRequires:  perl(IO::Socket)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Socket6) >= 0.23
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(Carp)
 Requires:       perl(Crypt::DES) >= 2.03
 Requires:       perl(Crypt::Rijndael) >= 1.02