diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index 6af5f68a711..63cbc00a5af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libvirt'
 pkgname=libvirt
 version=1.2.18
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--without-hal --with-storage-lvm --with-qemu-user=nobody
- --with-qemu-group=kvm --without-netcf --with-interface --disable-static"
+configure_args="--without-hal --with-storage-lvm --with-qemu-user=libvirt
+ --with-qemu-group=libvirt --without-netcf --with-interface --disable-static"
 short_desc="The virtualization API for controlling virtualization engines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://libvirt.org"
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://libvirt.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=d5a5ff18af4cced21fed986d28fa0a21b782d256920326bf0ff1c7731eeb6ade
 
+# FIX https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701649
+system_accounts="libvirt"
+libvirt_groups="disk,kvm"
+
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl pkg-config lvm2 parted gettext-devel
  iptables libxslt docbook-xsl"
 makedepends="readline-devel libcap-ng-devel libnl3-devel attr-devel