diff --git a/nix/home/default.nix b/nix/home/default.nix
index c0ca639..8f60908 100644
--- a/nix/home/default.nix
+++ b/nix/home/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     ./mpv
     ./ssh
     ./theme
+    ./virt-manager
     ./xdg
     ./zsh
   ];
diff --git a/nix/home/virt-manager/default.nix b/nix/home/virt-manager/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b5c9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/home/virt-manager/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ ... }: { imports = [ ./virt-manager.nix ]; }
diff --git a/nix/home/virt-manager/virt-manager.nix b/nix/home/virt-manager/virt-manager.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d112785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/home/virt-manager/virt-manager.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+{
+  
+  # dconf settings for virt-manager
+  dconf.settings = {
+    "org/virt-manager/virt-manager/connections" = {
+      autoconnect = ["qemu:///system"];
+      uris = ["qemu:///system"];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/systems/default.nix b/nix/systems/default.nix
index 4fdf5c8..fc103b9 100644
--- a/nix/systems/default.nix
+++ b/nix/systems/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     ./security.nix
     ./simon.nix
     ./sound.nix
+    ./virt-manager.nix
   ];
 
   # system state version
diff --git a/nix/systems/simon.nix b/nix/systems/simon.nix
index 45d46d5..b76a20e 100644
--- a/nix/systems/simon.nix
+++ b/nix/systems/simon.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   users.users.simon = {
     isNormalUser    = true;
     description     = "Simon Cornet";
-    extraGroups     = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
+    extraGroups     = [ "libvirtd" "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
     initialPassword = "changeme";
     shell           = pkgs.zsh;
   };
diff --git a/nix/systems/virt-manager.nix b/nix/systems/virt-manager.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e53922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/systems/virt-manager.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+
+  # setup virt-manager
+  virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
+  programs.virt-manager.enable = true;
+
+}