diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
index bf01efcedf..2f55fbfe90 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ in {
 
     virtualisation.libvirtd = {
       enable = true;
-      qemuRunAsRoot = false;
-      qemuPackage = pkgs.qemu_full;
+      qemu = {
+        runAsRoot = true;
+        package = pkgs.qemu_full;
+      };
       package = pkgs.libvirt.override {
         enableCeph = true;
         enableIscsi = true;