diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index ab87394a30e..e0bccb83a97 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ in
       restartIfChanged = false;
     };
 
+    systemd.services.virtchd = {
+      path = [ pkgs.cloud-hypervisor ];
+    };
+
     systemd.services.libvirt-guests = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       path = with pkgs; [ coreutils gawk cfg.package ];