diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
index fa642728bb..e5859901a8 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ in {
     enable = true;
     qemuRunAsRoot = false;
   };
+  security.polkit.enable = true;
 
   system.stateVersion = "21.05";
 }