diff --git a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.conf b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
index 5a04afa3..1175e737 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SRC_URI = "gitsm://github.com/libvirt/libvirt.git;name=libvirt;protocol=https;br
            file://dnsmasq.conf \
            file://hook_support.py \
            file://gnutls-helper.py;subdir=${BP} \
+           file://libvirt-qemu.conf \
            file://0001-prevent-gendispatch.pl-generating-build-path-in-code.patch \
            file://0001-messon.build-remove-build-path-information-to-avoid-.patch \
            file://0001-meson.build-clear-abs_top_builddir-to-avoid-QA-warni.patch \
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 
 	install -m 0755 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirtd.sh ${D}/etc/init.d/libvirtd
 	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirtd.conf ${D}/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirt-qemu.conf ${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/sysusers.d/libvirt-qemu.conf
 
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','true','false',d)}; then
 	    # This will wind up in the libvirtd package, but will NOT be invoked by default.