diff --git a/nix/systems/default.nix b/nix/systems/default.nix
index fc103b9..ede4f10 100644
--- a/nix/systems/default.nix
+++ b/nix/systems/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     ./security.nix
     ./simon.nix
     ./sound.nix
-    ./virt-manager.nix
+    ./virtualisation.nix
   ];
 
   # system state version
diff --git a/nix/systems/packages.nix b/nix/systems/packages.nix
index be37992..e2f6f87 100644
--- a/nix/systems/packages.nix
+++ b/nix/systems/packages.nix
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@
     bat
     unstable.clipse 
     cmatrix
+    distrobox
     git
     screen
+    podman
+    podman-compose
     vim
     wget
 
diff --git a/nix/systems/virt-manager.nix b/nix/systems/virt-manager.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e53922..0000000
--- a/nix/systems/virt-manager.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
-
-  # setup virt-manager
-  virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
-  programs.virt-manager.enable = true;
-
-}
diff --git a/nix/systems/virtualisation.nix b/nix/systems/virtualisation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20cc2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/systems/virtualisation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+
+  # setup virt-manager
+  programs.virt-manager.enable = true;
+
+  # virtualistation
+  virtualisation = {
+
+    # libvirtd
+    libvirtd = {
+      enable = true;
+    };
+
+    # podman
+    podman = {
+      enable       = true;
+      dockerCompat = true;
+      defaultNetwork.settings.dns_enabled = true;
+    };
+  };
+}