diff --git a/Perlbal.spec b/Perlbal.spec
index d26fa1d..5331665 100644
--- a/Perlbal.spec
+++ b/Perlbal.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  findutils
 BuildRequires:  make
-BuildRequires:  perl
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires:  systemd