diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e93942..3801987 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -242,3 +242,4 @@
 /lorax-40.4.tar.gz
 /lorax-40.5.tar.gz
 /lorax-40.5.1.tar.gz
+/lorax-40.5.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/lorax.spec b/lorax.spec
index 9540f9a..371cfd7 100644
--- a/lorax.spec
+++ b/lorax.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %define debug_package %{nil}
 
 Name:           lorax
-Version:        40.5.1
+Version:        40.5.2
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for creating the anaconda install images
 
@@ -92,19 +92,22 @@ Requires: lorax = %{version}-%{release}
 %description docs
 Includes the full html documentation for lorax, livemedia-creator, and the pylorax library.
 
+# ppc64le does not include qemu-kvm, skip building lmc-virt
+%ifnarch ppc64le
 %package lmc-virt
 Summary:  livemedia-creator libvirt dependencies
 Requires: lorax = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: qemu
+# RHEL doesn't have qemu, just qemu-kvm
+Requires: qemu-kvm
 
 # Fedora edk2 builds currently only support these arches
 %ifarch x86_64 aarch64
 Requires: edk2-ovmf
 %endif
-Recommends: qemu-kvm
 
 %description lmc-virt
 Additional dependencies required by livemedia-creator when using it with qemu.
+%endif
 
 %package lmc-novirt
 Summary:  livemedia-creator no-virt dependencies
@@ -171,6 +174,10 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT mandir=%{_mandir} install
 %{_datadir}/lorax/templates.d/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 04 2024 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 40.5.2-1
+- spec: Use qemu-kvm instead of qemu (bcl@redhat.com)
+  Resolves: RHEL-31830
+
 * Wed Apr 03 2024 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 40.5.1-1
 - New lorax documentation - 40.5.1 (bcl@redhat.com)
   Resolves: RHEL-30615
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8fb1ccf..f7603ea 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lorax-40.5.1.tar.gz) = 1dc31d1e14bc397366d27dff2900a3d8ec71b07071238396093fe86a27f2e9e2861749f960e877c44629663b95e968a0541603b116c336be2200fa5a4d0691b5
+SHA512 (lorax-40.5.2.tar.gz) = 1166691248fcce597f8984150e8984fca1cf42eb9f7113b5da8f7e5db1469b41512be4990949ea08071965bfb942456d35761677132660ad61839fe0d5cea327