diff --git a/hw/qxl-render.c b/hw/qxl-render.c
index f440fe8..4862c35 100644
--- a/hw/qxl-render.c
+++ b/hw/qxl-render.c
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ static void qxl_render_update_dirty_rectangles(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLRect *dirty
 void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
 {
     VGACommonState *vga = &qxl->vga;
-    QXLRect dirty[32], update;
+    QXLRect update;
     void *ptr;
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR < 1
+    QXLRect dirty[32];
+#endif
 
     if (!qxl->ssd.running) {
         return;
@@ -112,7 +115,13 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
 
     if (qxl->guest_primary.resized) {
         qxl->guest_primary.resized = 0;
-
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
+        if (qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects > 0) {
+            free(qxl->ssd.dirty_rects);
+            qxl->ssd.dirty_rects = NULL;
+            qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects = 0;
+        }
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
         if (qxl->guest_primary.flipped) {
             qemu_free(qxl->guest_primary.flipped);
             qxl->guest_primary.flipped = NULL;
@@ -146,6 +155,19 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
         dpy_resize(vga->ds);
     }
 
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR >= 1
+    /* render rectangles from last update_area_async */
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
+    if (qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects > 0) {
+        qxl_render_update_dirty_rectangles(qxl, qxl->ssd.dirty_rects,
+                                           qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects);
+        free(qxl->ssd.dirty_rects);
+        qxl->ssd.dirty_rects = NULL;
+        qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects = 0;
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
+#endif
+
     if (!qxl->guest_primary.commands) {
         return;
     }
@@ -156,11 +178,33 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
     update.top    = 0;
     update.bottom = qxl->guest_primary.surface.height;
 
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR >= 1
+    /* do a new update_area */
+    qxl_spice_update_area_async(qxl, 0, &update, 1, 1);
+#else
     memset(dirty, 0, sizeof(dirty));
     qxl_spice_update_area(qxl, 0, &update,
                           dirty, ARRAY_SIZE(dirty), 1);
     qxl_render_update_dirty_rectangles(qxl, dirty, ARRAY_SIZE(dirty));
+#endif
+}
+
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR >= 1
+void qxl_render_primary_updated(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLRect *dirty,
+                                uint32_t num_dirty)
+{
+    if (num_dirty == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
+    qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects += num_dirty;
+    qxl->ssd.dirty_rects = qemu_realloc(qxl->ssd.dirty_rects,
+                             sizeof(QXLRect) * qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects);
+    memcpy(&qxl->ssd.dirty_rects[qxl->ssd.num_dirty_rects - num_dirty],
+           dirty, num_dirty * sizeof(QXLRect));
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
 }
+#endif /* SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR >= 1 */
 
 static QEMUCursor *qxl_cursor(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLCursor *cursor)
 {
diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index de93efa..8a9463e 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -780,6 +780,17 @@ static void interface_async_complete(QXLInstance *sin, uint64_t cookie)
     qxl_send_events(qxl, QXL_INTERRUPT_IO_CMD);
 }
 
+static void interface_update_area_complete(QXLInstance *sin,
+            uint32_t surface_id, struct QXLRect *updated_rects,
+            uint32_t num_updated_rects)
+{
+    PCIQXLDevice *qxl = container_of(sin, PCIQXLDevice, ssd.qxl);
+
+    dprint(qxl, 3, "%s: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, surface_id);
+    if (surface_id == 0) {
+        qxl_render_primary_updated(qxl, updated_rects, num_updated_rects);
+    }
+}
 #endif
 
 static const QXLInterface qxl_interface = {
@@ -803,6 +814,7 @@ static const QXLInterface qxl_interface = {
     .flush_resources         = interface_flush_resources,
 #if SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR >= 1
     .async_complete          = interface_async_complete,
+    .update_area_complete    = interface_update_area_complete,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/qxl.h b/hw/qxl.h
index 2c7f94a..fad01c6 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.h
+++ b/hw/qxl.h
@@ -139,4 +139,6 @@ void qxl_spice_update_area_async(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, uint32_t surface_id,
                                  struct QXLRect *area,
                                  uint32_t clear_dirty_region,
                                  int is_vga);
+void qxl_render_primary_updated(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLRect *dirty,
+                                uint32_t num_dirty);
 #endif
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.h b/ui/spice-display.h
index d24cca9..115aae5 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.h
+++ b/ui/spice-display.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ struct SimpleSpiceDisplay {
     int notify;
     int running;
 
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL_MINOR >= 1
+    QXLRect *dirty_rects;
+    uint32_t num_dirty_rects;
+#endif
     /*
      * All struct members below this comment can be accessed from
      * both spice server and qemu (iothread) context and any access
