diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
index f01541b464..64116c7e9f 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ in {
     qemuRunAsRoot = false;
   };
   security.polkit.enable = true;
+  users.users.lukegb.extraGroups = lib.mkAfter [ "libvirtd" ];
 
   system.stateVersion = "21.05";
 }