2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0679ccd..29cd47f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   any need for it, reducing ~8K packages' dependency on it during next rebuild.
   (Per Oyvind, mdv)
 - perl.prov: sync with upstream rpm.org:
+  o avoid emitting empty perl() module deps
   o filter out incorrect perl(main) provides (rh#177960)
   o fix perl version provide for packages defined in multiple blocks (#rhbz214496)
   o make perl.{req,prov} warn about unreadable files
diff --git a/perl.req b/perl.req
index 1b44ae1..fcba2fc 100755
--- a/perl.req
+++ b/perl.req
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sub process_file {
 	(m/^(\s*)         # we hope the inclusion starts the line
 	 (require|use)\s+(?!\{)     # do not want 'do {' loops
 	 # quotes around name are always legal
-	 [\'\"]?([^\;\ \'\"\t]*)[\'\"]?[\t\;\ ]
+	 [\'\"]?([^\;\ \'\"\t]+)[\'\"]?[\t\;\ ]
 	 # the syntax for 'use' allows version requirements
 	 \s*([.0-9]*)
 	 /x)