diff --git a/glite-lb-client.spec b/glite-lb-client.spec
index 595ded0..7b87a18 100644
--- a/glite-lb-client.spec
+++ b/glite-lb-client.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BuildRequires:  glite-lb-common-devel
 BuildRequires:  glite-lbjp-common-gss-devel
 BuildRequires:  glite-lbjp-common-trio-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
-BuildRequires:  perl
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(Getopt::Long)
 BuildRequires:  perl(POSIX)