diff --git a/gnome-boxes.spec b/gnome-boxes.spec
index 952c625..cb7054b 100644
--- a/gnome-boxes.spec
+++ b/gnome-boxes.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@
 
 ExclusiveArch: %{exclusive_arch}
 
+# The following qemu_kvm_arches/with_qemu_kvm defines come from
+# libvirt.spec
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 18
+    %define qemu_kvm_arches    %{ix86} x86_64 ppc64 s390x
+%else
+    %define qemu_kvm_arches    %{ix86} x86_64
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 7
+    %define qemu_kvm_arches    x86_64
+%endif
+
+%ifarch %{qemu_kvm_arches}
+    %define with_qemu_kvm      1
+%else
+    %define with_qemu_kvm      0
+%endif
+
+
 #based on openSUSE spec file from dimstar, and on the Mageia .spec from bkor
 %global url_ver	%%(echo %{version}|cut -d. -f1,2)
 
@@ -55,7 +74,10 @@ BuildRequires:	libuuid-devel
 #BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 
 # Pulls in libvirtd + KVM, but no NAT / firewall configs
+%if %{with_qemu_kvm}
 Requires:	libvirt-daemon-kvm
+%endif
+Requires:	libvirt-daemon-qemu
 
 # Needed for unattended installations
 Requires:	fuseiso