diff --git a/sysutils/lima/Portfile b/sysutils/lima/Portfile
index 10f817f64157e..0691ea5c4780d 100644
--- a/sysutils/lima/Portfile
+++ b/sysutils/lima/Portfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PortGroup           golang 1.0
 go.setup            github.com/lima-vm/lima 1.0.3 v
 go.offline_build    no
 github.tarball_from archive
-revision            0
+revision            1
 
 homepage            https://lima-vm.io
 
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ long_description    {*}{
     was to promote containerd including nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl) to
     Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as
     well. Lima also supports other container engines, such as Docker,
-    Podman, Kubernetes, etc.
+    Podman, Kubernetes, etc. Lima can also emulate other architectures
+    if QEMU is installed.
 }
 
 categories          sysutils
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ maintainers         {gmail.com:herby.gillot @herbygillot} \
                     {macports.halostatue.ca:austin @halostatue} \
                     openmaintainer
 
-depends_run         port:qemu
-
 checksums           rmd160  60a71868460fe544be7e44f0ec10bc3d66198a10 \
                     sha256  c36e803f4faf41607220df4c1d7a61977a7d492facf03e0b67f1f69390840a90 \
                     size    7381537
@@ -38,6 +37,23 @@ build.cmd           make
 
 patchfiles          patch-Makefile.diff
 
+platform darwin {
+    # Lima defaults to VZ with macOS 13.5 and later; drop dependency from 14 onwards
+    if {${os.major} < 23} {
+        depends_run-append port:qemu
+    } else {
+        # added January 2025
+        notes {
+            Please note that the Lima now defaults to native\
+            virtualization support and not QEMU. If you rely on it,\
+            such as for emulating other architectures, you can install\
+            it explicitly:
+
+            port install qemu
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 post-patch {
     reinplace "s|@@VERSION@@|${version}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile
 }