diff --git a/deploy.yml b/deploy.yml
index cda6226..496f685 100644
--- a/deploy.yml
+++ b/deploy.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,19 @@
       - libvirt
       - podman
       - virt-install
+      - virt-manager
+
+  - name: configure libvirtd socket permissions
+    lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+      regexp: "^#?unix_sock_group = .*"
+      line: 'unix_sock_group = "wheel"'
+
+  - name: enable libvirtd service
+    service:
+      name: libvirtd
+      enabled: true
+      state: started
 
   - name: "configure mutt"
     copy: