diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
index ea0b5608ff..63880ca2a6 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@
 - name: create /var/log/taskotron for task logfiles
   file: path=/var/log/taskotron state=directory owner=root group={{ slaves_group }} mode=1775
   when: deployment_type == 'dev'
+
+- name: enable libvirtd
+  service: name=libvirtd state=started enabled=yes
+  when: deployment_type == 'dev'