diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
index 6283342..a63c2a1 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ app-editors/vim vim-pager
 
 ## some silliness here on beagle, make up your mind
 app-misc/beagle -firefox gtk -gtk -avahi chm ole
-app-emulation/libvirt kvm qemu
+
+# virt stuff
+app-emulation/libvirt kvm qemu virt-network lvm caps iscsi nfs parted uml
 app-emulation/qemu-kvm no_kernel_module
 app-emulation/qemu-kvm havekernel -modules vde qemu-ifup spice fdt
 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin additions vboxwebsrv -chm rdesktop-vrdp