diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index cdc472b..9caa867 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ License:        GPL-2.0
 Group:          System/Filesystems
 Provides:       %{name} = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{name} < %{version}
-Requires:       %{kvm_binary}
+Requires:       %{kvm_binary} >= 2.0
 %if %{with bash_completion}
 Recommends:     bash-completion >= 2.0
 %endif