diff --git a/cpanspec-1.78-Change-optimize-to-optflags.patch b/cpanspec-1.78-Change-optimize-to-optflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc726ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanspec-1.78-Change-optimize-to-optflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From b0bdaf235941165e74d5db24a9f87fdb4bcf57ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Gavin Carr <gavin@openfusion.com.au>
+Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:40:02 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Change %{optimize} to %{optflags}.
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com>
+---
+ cpanspec | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
+index 5eaa63d..7b697ff 100755
+--- a/cpanspec
++++ b/cpanspec
+@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ my @MACROS = (
+ 
+     # 1 is for the macros.
+     {
+-        'optimize'  => '%{optimize}',
++        'optimize'  => '%{optflags}',
+         'buildroot' => '%{buildroot}',
+     },
+ );
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/cpanspec-1.78-Strip-any-version-comparison-operator-from-the-perl-BR.patch b/cpanspec-1.78-Strip-any-version-comparison-operator-from-the-perl-BR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ece4ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanspec-1.78-Strip-any-version-comparison-operator-from-the-perl-BR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From c406955800472398c0105c72f46ba5b73ade5597 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
+Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:23:50 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Strip any version comparison operator from the 'perl' build
+ requirement
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Because cpanspec does things with the epoch, and already adds version
+comparison operators itself, they should be stripped from whatever
+META.yml specifies so cpanspec does not generate invalid spec files.
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com>
+---
+ cpanspec | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
+index 8e9334a..f7fc1fc 100755
+--- a/cpanspec
++++ b/cpanspec
+@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ END
+     }
+ 
+     if (defined($build_requires{perl})) {
++        $build_requires{perl} =~ s/^[<>=]+ *//;
+         printf $spec "%-16s%s >= %s\n", "BuildRequires:", "perl",
+             (($build_requires{perl} lt "5.6.0" ? "0:" : "1:")
+             . $build_requires{perl}) if $build_requires{perl};
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/cpanspec.spec b/cpanspec.spec
index ca9282e..12fd746 100644
--- a/cpanspec.spec
+++ b/cpanspec.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 Name:           cpanspec
 Version:        1.78
-Release:        17%{?dist}
+Release:        18%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM spec file generation utility
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Tools
 URL:            http://cpanspec.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://sourceforge.net/downloads/%{name}/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         %{name}-1.78-Change-optimize-to-optflags.patch
+Patch1:         %{name}-1.78-Strip-any-version-comparison-operator-from-the-perl-BR.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build)
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ contained in the spec file is correct.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Build.PL installdirs=vendor
@@ -53,6 +57,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 06 2014 Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com> - 1.78-18
+- Use %%{optflags} instead of %%{optimize} (#739461, b0bdaf23)
+- Strip META perl version BR (#708377, c4069558)
+
 * Tue Aug 26 2014 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1.78-17
 - Perl 5.20 rebuild