diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.rst b/docs/drvqemu.rst
index cfe4473951..6368a91fb9 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.rst
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 QEMU/KVM/HVF hypervisor driver
 ==============================
 
-The libvirt KVM/QEMU driver can manage any QEMU emulator from version 2.11.0 or
+The libvirt KVM/QEMU driver can manage any QEMU emulator from version 3.1.0 or
 later.
 
 It supports multiple QEMU accelerators: software
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Deployment pre-requisites
    ``qemu-kvm`` and ``/dev/kvm`` device node. If both are found, then KVM fully
    virtualized, hardware accelerated guests will be available.
 -  **Hypervisor.framework (HVF)**: The driver will probe ``sysctl`` for the
-   presence of ``Hypervisor.framework``. If it is found and QEMU is newer than
-   2.12, then it will be possible to create hardware accelerated guests.
+   presence of ``Hypervisor.framework``. If it is found it will be possible to
+   create hardware accelerated guests.
 
 Connections to QEMU driver
 --------------------------
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index bc95863519..2714db25ec 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5381,8 +5381,8 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPSchemaCapabilities(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#define QEMU_MIN_MAJOR 2
-#define QEMU_MIN_MINOR 11
+#define QEMU_MIN_MAJOR 3
+#define QEMU_MIN_MINOR 1
 #define QEMU_MIN_MICRO 0
 
 virDomainVirtType