diff --git a/README b/README
index 78bae9e19..40fe8e462 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ For basic functionality and the C tools:
 
 - libmagic (the library that corresponds to the 'file' command) (optional)
 
-- libvirt (optional, >= 0.10.0 to use the libvirt launch method)
+- libvirt (optional, >= 0.10.2 to use the libvirt launch method)
 
 - libxml2 (optional)
 
diff --git a/src/launch-libvirt.c b/src/launch-libvirt.c
index c055504a1..d3bb0bfe7 100644
--- a/src/launch-libvirt.c
+++ b/src/launch-libvirt.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  */
 #define MIN_LIBVIRT_MAJOR 0
 #define MIN_LIBVIRT_MINOR 10
-#define MIN_LIBVIRT_MICRO 0
+#define MIN_LIBVIRT_MICRO 2 /* XXX patches in > 2 already */
 #define MIN_LIBVIRT_VERSION (MIN_LIBVIRT_MAJOR * 1000000 + \
                              MIN_LIBVIRT_MINOR * 1000 + \
                              MIN_LIBVIRT_MICRO)