diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
index 481aad8491..3018ef393c 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ in {
   virtualisation.libvirtd = {
     enable = true;
     qemuRunAsRoot = false;
+    qemuPackage = pkgs.qemu_full;
   };
   security.polkit.enable = true;
   users.users.lukegb.extraGroups = lib.mkAfter [ "libvirtd" ];