diff --git a/ops/nixos/totoro/default.nix b/ops/nixos/totoro/default.nix
index 826339353f..c2d5ce85cc 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/totoro/default.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/totoro/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ in {
     enable = true;
     allowedBridges = [ "virbr0" "br-ext" ];
   };
+  users.users.lukegb = {
+    extraGroups = lib.mkAfter [ "libvirtd" ];
+  };
 
   system.stateVersion = "20.03";
 }