diff --git a/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml b/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml
index 8f72192df0..61f44e755c 100644
--- a/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 # This provides us with the ability to control VMs with non-root and
 # non-fas accounts
 #
-- name: install libvirtd.conf
-  copy: src="{{ files }}/virthost/libvirtd.conf" dest=/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+- name: generate libvirtd.conf
+  template: src=libvirtd.conf.j2 dest=/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
   notify:
   - restart libvirtd
   tags: