diff --git a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
index 08a26a2f0d3..1c1b0dac7f3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ let
         vmConfigs = mapAttrsToList mkVMConf vms;
       in [ ./common/user-account.nix ./common/x11.nix ] ++ vmConfigs;
       virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
-      virtualisation.qemu.options = ["-cpu" "kvm64,vmx=on"];
+      virtualisation.qemu.options = ["-cpu" "kvm64,svm=on,vmx=on"];
       virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
       test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
       users.users.alice.extraGroups = let