diff --git a/nova/compute.sls b/nova/compute.sls
index 1deceaf..78bf495 100644
--- a/nova/compute.sls
+++ b/nova/compute.sls
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
   - name: nova
   - home: /var/lib/nova
   - shell: /bin/bash
+  - groups:
+    - libvirtd
 
 /var/lib/nova/.ssh/id_rsa:
   file.managed: