diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index 64465ae18522..a369b7ddbe1d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ in {
           dmidecode
           dnsmasq
           ebtables
+          cfg.qemuPackage # libvirtd requires qemu-img to manage disk images
         ]
         ++ optional vswitch.enable vswitch.package;