diff --git a/virtcontainers/clh.go b/virtcontainers/clh.go
index dd5691d1a6..fc390c8500 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const (
 	virtioFsSocket        = "virtiofsd.sock"
 	clhSerial             = "serial-tty.log"
 	supportedMajorVersion = 0
-	supportedMinorVersion = 3
+	supportedMinorVersion = 5
 	defaultClhPath        = "/usr/local/bin/cloud-hypervisor"
 	virtioFsCacheAlways   = "always"
 	maxClhVcpus           = uint32(64)
@@ -677,6 +677,8 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) getAvailableVersion() error {
 
 	}
 
+	// Remove 'v' prefix if has one
+	versionSplit[0] = strings.TrimLeft(versionSplit[0], "v")
 	major, err := strconv.ParseUint(versionSplit[0], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -687,10 +689,15 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) getAvailableVersion() error {
 		return err
 
 	}
-	revision, err := strconv.ParseUint(versionSplit[2], 10, 64)
+
+	// revision could have aditional commit information separated by '-'
+	revisionSplit := strings.SplitN(versionSplit[2], "-", -1)
+	if len(revisionSplit) < 1 {
+		return errors.Errorf("Failed parse cloud-hypervisor revision %s", versionSplit[2])
+	}
+	revision, err := strconv.ParseUint(revisionSplit[0], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-
 	}
 
 	clh.version = CloudHypervisorVersion{