diff --git a/dotfiles/profile b/dotfiles/profile
index 522556b..e13a289 100755
--- a/dotfiles/profile
+++ b/dotfiles/profile
@@ -26,4 +26,12 @@ if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] ; then
   export CLICOLOR
 fi
 
+# Setup for libvirt
+if [ -z "${LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI}" ] ; then
+  if [ "$(id -u)" == "0" ] || (id -g -n | grep -q "\blibvirt\b") ; then
+    LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI="qemu:///system"
+    export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI
+  fi
+fi
+
 test -f "${HOME}/.profile.local" && . "${HOME}/.profile.local"