diff --git a/modules/workstation.nix b/modules/workstation.nix
index d3ec357..980e383 100644
--- a/modules/workstation.nix
+++ b/modules/workstation.nix
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ in
 
     # the user should have some basic permissions lol
     users.users."${cfg.user}" = {
-      extraGroups = [ "adbusers" "audio" "video" "libvirtd" "sway" "wheel" "networkmanager" "docker" "input" "uinput" ];
+      extraGroups = [ "adbusers" "audio" "video" "libvirtd" "kvm" "sway" "wheel" "networkmanager" "docker" "input" "uinput" ];
 
       subUidRanges = [
         {