diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/qemu/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25ffe4f08c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	cat <<_EOF
+==========================================================================
+
+To enable KVM your user must be added to the 'wheel' group:
+
+	$ usermod -aG wheel <username>
+
+Don't forget to load the appropiate KVM module for your CPU:
+
+	$ modprobe kvm-amd # for AMD CPUs
+	$ modprobe kvm-intel # for Intel CPUs
+
+==========================================================================
+_EOF
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/files/65-kvm.rules b/srcpkgs/qemu/files/65-kvm.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..758d7271850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/files/65-kvm.rules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="wheel", MODE="0660"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 8a256124e09..2833631dc6d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
 version=1.0
+revision=1
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.gz"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-spice
@@ -44,3 +45,7 @@ Add_dependency build libcurl-devel
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i -e 's/lib64/lib/g' x86_64.ld
 }
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/65-kvm.rules 644 lib/udev/rules.d
+}