Etienne Capoue and Christophe Jallet set the hosts on their way in the second half with their first international goals, before Franck Ribery secured victory after Belarus had threatened to come back into the game.

Belarus stunned France 1-0 two years ago in Laurent Blanc's first home game in charge, but Blanc's successor, Didier Deschamps, avoided a similar fate on his return to the national stadium at the helm of Les Bleus.