diff --git a/roles/workstation/defaults/main.yml b/roles/workstation/defaults/main.yml
index f1e8031..0b668d1 100644
--- a/roles/workstation/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/workstation/defaults/main.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ pacman_pkgs:
   - "{{ pacman_3Dprint }}"
   - "{{ pacman_fonts }}"
   - "{{ pacman_programming }}"
-  - "{{ pacman_virtualisation }}"
   - "{{ pacman_gtk }}"
 
 aur_utils:
diff --git a/roles/workstation/tasks/main.yml b/roles/workstation/tasks/main.yml
index 0986d11..4a5016e 100644
--- a/roles/workstation/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/workstation/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     enabled: yes
     state: started
 
+- name: Virtualisation tools
+  import_tasks: virtualisation.yml
+
 - name: activate autofs
   import_tasks: home_mounts.yml
   when: autofs | length > 0
diff --git a/roles/workstation/tasks/virtualisation.yml b/roles/workstation/tasks/virtualisation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a1421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/workstation/tasks/virtualisation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: Install pkgs
+  community.general.pacman:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items: "{{ pacman_virtualisation }}"
+
+- name: enable service libvirtd
+  systemd:
+    name: libvirtd
+    enabled: yes
+    state: started
+