diff --git a/profiles/virt/default.nix b/profiles/virt/default.nix
index 3c82f8ed..1e775175 100644
--- a/profiles/virt/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/virt/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 { pkgs, ... }: {
-  virtualisation.libvirtd = {
-    enable = true;
-    qemuRunAsRoot = false;
+  virtualisation = {
+    libvirtd = {
+      enable = true;
+      qemuRunAsRoot = false;
+      allowedBridges = [
+        "virbr0"
+        "virbr1"
+      ];
+    };
+
+    podman = {
+      enable = true;
+      dockerCompat = true;
+    };
+
+    oci-containers.backend = "podman";
+
   };
 
   # you'll need to add your user to 'libvirtd' group to use virt-manager