diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index a625399cc63..86e858e569c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , iproute, iptables, readline, lvm2, utillinux, systemd, libpciaccess, gettext
 , libtasn1, ebtables, libgcrypt, yajl, pmutils, libcap_ng, libapparmor
 , dnsmasq, libnl, libpcap, libxslt, xhtml1, numad, numactl, perlPackages
-, curl, libiconv, gmp, xen, zfs, parted
+, curl, libiconv, gmp, xen, zfs, parted, qemu
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service --replace /bin/kill ${coreutils}/bin/kill
     rm $out/lib/systemd/system/{virtlockd,virtlogd}.*
     wrapProgram $out/sbin/libvirtd \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ iptables iproute pmutils numad numactl ]}
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ iptables iproute pmutils numad numactl qemu ]}
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;