diff --git a/ant.spec b/ant.spec
index e08ab5c..801dc55 100644
--- a/ant.spec
+++ b/ant.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 Name:           ant
 Version:        1.7.1
-Release:        7.1%{?dist}
+Release:        7.2%{?dist}
 Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Ant build tool for java
 Summary(it):    Tool per la compilazione di programmi java
@@ -517,6 +517,23 @@ mv KEYS.utf8 KEYS
 iconv LICENSE -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 -o LICENSE.utf8
 mv LICENSE.utf8 LICENSE
 
+# Provides: exclude perl(oata), perl(examples)
+cat <<__EOF__ > %{name}-perl.prov
+#!/bin/sh
+/usr/lib/rpm/perl.prov \$* | grep -v '^perl(oata)$' | grep -v '^perl(examples)$'
+__EOF__
+%define __perl_provides %{_builddir}/apache-ant-%{cvs_version}/%{name}-perl.prov
+chmod +x %{__perl_provides}
+
+
+# Requires: exclude bogus perl(the)
+cat <<__EOF__ > %{name}-perl.req
+#!/bin/sh
+/usr/lib/rpm/perl.req \$* | grep -v '^perl(the)$'
+__EOF__
+%define __perl_requires %{_builddir}/apache-ant-%{cvs_version}/%{name}-perl.req
+chmod +x %{__perl_requires}
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %build
@@ -1275,6 +1292,10 @@ fi
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct  1 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> 0:1.7.1-7.2
+- Exclude bogus perl(the) Requires
+- Exclude bogus perl(oata), perl(examples) Provides
+
 * Fri Sep 26 2008 Permaine Cheung <pcheung@redhat.com> 0:1.7.1-7.1
 - Define with_gcj_support