diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 17b4c10..ebfc872 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 28 10:20:49 UTC 2016 - matwey.kornilov@gmail.com
+
+- In order to avoid issues like bsc#1017189, explicitly specify
+  supported VirtualBox versions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  5 02:12:56 UTC 2016 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 63c0137..b783f19 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -688,7 +688,9 @@ Requires:       libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       libvirt-daemon-driver-secret = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       libvirt-daemon-driver-storage = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       virtualbox
+# Specify supported virtualbox API explicitly. See ./src/vbox
+# Reference bsc#1017189 
+Requires:       virtualbox < 5.2
 
 %description daemon-vbox
 Server side daemon and driver required to manage the virtualization
@@ -713,9 +715,9 @@ capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
 
 %package libs
 Summary:        Client side libraries
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 # So remote clients can access libvirt over SSH tunnel
 # (client invokes 'nc' against the UNIX socket on the server)
-Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       netcat-openbsd
 # Not technically required, but makes 'out-of-box' config
 # work correctly & doesn't have onerous dependencies