diff --git a/roles/beaker/virthost/templates/client-libvirt.xml.j2 b/roles/beaker/virthost/templates/client-libvirt.xml.j2
index 3f86b5e668..b413c487ed 100644
--- a/roles/beaker/virthost/templates/client-libvirt.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/beaker/virthost/templates/client-libvirt.xml.j2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
   </pm>
   <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
+    <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
     <disk type='block' device='disk'>
       <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
       <source dev='/dev/{{ volgroup }}/{{ item.hostname }}'/>