diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index e30f476..b93aac1 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Name:           libguestfs
 ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64
-Requires: kvm
+Requires: kvm >= 1.1
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  genisoimage
 BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  hivex-devel
-BuildRequires:  kvm
+BuildRequires:  kvm >= 1.1
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libvirt-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel