diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 250901f6d9..ce3a1aef96 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2020 Felix Gruber <felgru@posteo.net>
 # Copyright © 2020 Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com>
 # Copyright © 2020 Jan Wielkiewicz <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl>
-# Copyright © 2020 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
+# Copyright © 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
 # Copyright © 2020 Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org>
 # Copyright © 2020 Martin Becze <mjbecze@riseup.net>
 # Copyright © 2020 Malte Frank Gerdes <mate.f.gerdes@gmail.com>
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/kdbusaddons-kinit-file-name.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libffi-3.3-powerpc-fixes.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libffi-float128-powerpc64le.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/libvirt-create-machine-cgroup.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/libvirt-add-install-prefix.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libziparchive-add-includes.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/localed-xorg-keyboard.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/kdiagram-Fix-missing-link-libraries.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libvirt-add-install-prefix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libvirt-add-install-prefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1331fa9b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libvirt-add-install-prefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+Patch from NixOS: 
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/b98031a49c66095dd1eb9185ecdaeeb5e3cd752d/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/0001-meson-patch-in-an-install-prefix-for-building-on-nix.patch
+
+From a896b0be849455edb83a9305dfec9b41447ef3e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Euan Kemp <euank@euank.com>
+Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:32:00 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: patch in an install prefix for building on nix
+
+Used in the nixpkgs version of libvirt so that we can install things in
+the nix store, but read them from the root filesystem.
+---
+ meson.build                       |  9 +++++++++
+ meson_options.txt                 |  2 ++
+ src/libxl/meson.build             |  6 +++---
+ src/locking/meson.build           |  8 ++++----
+ src/lxc/meson.build               |  6 +++---
+ src/meson.build                   | 18 +++++++++---------
+ src/network/meson.build           | 12 ++++++------
+ src/nwfilter/xml/meson.build      |  2 +-
+ src/qemu/meson.build              | 14 +++++++-------
+ src/remote/meson.build            |  6 +++---
+ src/security/apparmor/meson.build |  8 ++++----
+ tools/meson.build                 |  4 ++--
+ 12 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index b5164f6..33719f1 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+   conf.set('WINVER', '0x0600') # Win Vista / Server 2008
+ endif
+ 
++# patched in for nix
++install_prefix = get_option('install_prefix')
+ 
+ # set various paths
+ 
+@@ -57,6 +59,13 @@ else
+   sysconfdir = prefix / get_option('sysconfdir')
+ endif
+ 
++# nix: don't prefix the localstatedir; some things need to write to it, so it
++# can't be in the nix store, and that's what the prefix is.
++# We'll prefix things ourselves where needed
++localstatedir = get_option('localstatedir')
++# Same for sysconfidr
++sysconfdir = get_option('sysconfdir')
++
+ # if --prefix is /usr, don't use /usr/var for localstatedir or /usr/etc for
+ # sysconfdir as this makes a lot of things break in testing situations
+ if prefix == '/usr'
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+index e5d79c2..081cd32 100644
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
++option('install_prefix', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'prefix for nix store installation')
++
+ option('no_git', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Disable git submodule update')
+ option('packager', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Extra packager name')
+ option('packager_version', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Extra packager version')
+diff --git a/src/libxl/meson.build b/src/libxl/meson.build
+index 3bb6cc5..78d7be0 100644
+--- a/src/libxl/meson.build
++++ b/src/libxl/meson.build
+@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ if conf.has('WITH_LIBXL')
+   }
+ 
+   virt_install_dirs += [
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'libxl',
+-    runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'libxl',
+-    localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt' / 'libxl',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'libxl',
++    install_prefix + runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'libxl',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt' / 'libxl',
+   ]
+ endif
+diff --git a/src/locking/meson.build b/src/locking/meson.build
+index 8a28310..9da81cc 100644
+--- a/src/locking/meson.build
++++ b/src/locking/meson.build
+@@ -243,14 +243,14 @@ if conf.has('WITH_LIBVIRTD')
+   }
+ 
+   virt_install_dirs += [
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'lockd',
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'lockd' / 'files',
+-    runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'lockd',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'lockd',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'lockd' / 'files',
++    install_prefix + runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'lockd',
+   ]
+ 
+   if conf.has('WITH_SANLOCK')
+     virt_install_dirs += [
+-      localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'sanlock',
++      install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'sanlock',
+     ]
+   endif
+ endif
+diff --git a/src/lxc/meson.build b/src/lxc/meson.build
+index f8e2a88..96d6687 100644
+--- a/src/lxc/meson.build
++++ b/src/lxc/meson.build
+@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ if conf.has('WITH_LXC')
+   }
+ 
+   virt_install_dirs += [
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'lxc',
+-    runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'lxc',
+-    localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt' / 'lxc',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'lxc',
++    install_prefix + runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'lxc',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt' / 'lxc',
+   ]
+ endif
+diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
+index 7c47821..d33d16a 100644
+--- a/src/meson.build
++++ b/src/meson.build
+@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ endforeach
+ 
+ virt_conf_files += 'libvirt.conf'
+ 
+-install_data(virt_conf_files, install_dir: confdir)
++install_data(virt_conf_files, install_dir: install_prefix + confdir)
+ install_data(virt_aug_files, install_dir: virt_aug_dir)
+ 
+ # augeas_test_data:
+@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ foreach data : virt_daemon_confs
+     output: '@0@.conf'.format(data['name']),
+     configuration: daemon_conf,
+     install: true,
+-    install_dir: confdir,
++    install_dir: install_prefix + confdir,
+   )
+ 
+   if data.get('with_ip', false)
+@@ -853,14 +853,14 @@ if conf.has('WITH_LIBVIRTD')
+ 
+       install_data(
+         init_file,
+-        install_dir: sysconfdir / 'init.d',
++        install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'init.d',
+         rename: [ init['name'] ],
+       )
+ 
+       if init.has_key('confd')
+         install_data(
+           init['confd'],
+-          install_dir: sysconfdir / 'conf.d',
++          install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'conf.d',
+           rename: [ init['name'] ],
+         )
+       endif
+@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ if init_script != 'none'
+   foreach sysconf : sysconf_files
+     install_data(
+       sysconf['file'],
+-      install_dir: sysconfdir / 'sysconfig',
++      install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'sysconfig',
+       rename: [ sysconf['name'] ],
+     )
+   endforeach
+@@ -897,10 +897,10 @@ endif
+ # Install empty directories
+ 
+ virt_install_dirs += [
+-  localstatedir / 'cache' / 'libvirt',
+-  localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'images',
+-  localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'filesystems',
+-  localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'boot',
++  install_prefix + localstatedir / 'cache' / 'libvirt',
++  install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'images',
++  install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'filesystems',
++  install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'boot',
+ ]
+ 
+ meson.add_install_script(
+diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
+index 3ec598c..b02040b 100644
+--- a/src/network/meson.build
++++ b/src/network/meson.build
+@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ if conf.has('WITH_NETWORK')
+   }
+ 
+   virt_install_dirs += [
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'network',
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'dnsmasq',
+-    runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'network',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'network',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'dnsmasq',
++    install_prefix + runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'network',
+   ]
+ 
+   configure_file(
+@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ if conf.has('WITH_NETWORK')
+     output: '@BASENAME@',
+     copy: true,
+     install: true,
+-    install_dir: confdir / 'qemu' / 'networks',
++    install_dir: install_prefix + confdir / 'qemu' / 'networks',
+   )
+ 
+   meson.add_install_script(
+     meson_python_prog.path(), python3_prog.path(), meson_install_symlink_prog.path(),
+-    confdir / 'qemu' / 'networks' / 'autostart',
++    install_prefix + confdir / 'qemu' / 'networks' / 'autostart',
+     '../default.xml', 'default.xml',
+   )
+ 
+diff --git a/src/nwfilter/xml/meson.build b/src/nwfilter/xml/meson.build
+index 0d96c54..66c92a1 100644
+--- a/src/nwfilter/xml/meson.build
++++ b/src/nwfilter/xml/meson.build
+@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ nwfilter_xml_files = [
+   'qemu-announce-self.xml',
+ ]
+ 
+-install_data(nwfilter_xml_files, install_dir: sysconfdir / 'libvirt' / 'nwfilter')
++install_data(nwfilter_xml_files, install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'libvirt' / 'nwfilter')
+diff --git a/src/qemu/meson.build b/src/qemu/meson.build
+index 90640b0..8802cec 100644
+--- a/src/qemu/meson.build
++++ b/src/qemu/meson.build
+@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ if conf.has('WITH_QEMU')
+   }
+ 
+   virt_install_dirs += [
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
+-    runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
+-    localstatedir / 'cache' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
+-    localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
+-    localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'swtpm',
+-    runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'qemu' / 'swtpm',
+-    localstatedir / 'log' / 'swtpm' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
++    install_prefix + runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'cache' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'lib' / 'libvirt' / 'swtpm',
++    install_prefix + runstatedir / 'libvirt' / 'qemu' / 'swtpm',
++    install_prefix + localstatedir / 'log' / 'swtpm' / 'libvirt' / 'qemu',
+   ]
+ endif
+diff --git a/src/remote/meson.build b/src/remote/meson.build
+index 9ad2f6a..429a15b 100644
+--- a/src/remote/meson.build
++++ b/src/remote/meson.build
+@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if conf.has('WITH_REMOTE')
+     }
+ 
+     virt_install_dirs += [
+-      localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt',
++      install_prefix + localstatedir / 'log' / 'libvirt',
+     ]
+ 
+     logrotate_conf = configuration_data()
+@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ if conf.has('WITH_REMOTE')
+       )
+       install_data(
+         log_file,
+-        install_dir: sysconfdir / 'logrotate.d',
++        install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'logrotate.d',
+         rename: [ name ],
+       )
+     endforeach
+@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ endif
+ if conf.has('WITH_SASL')
+   install_data(
+     'libvirtd.sasl',
+-    install_dir: sysconfdir / 'sasl2',
++    install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'sasl2',
+     rename: [ 'libvirt.conf' ],
+   )
+ endif
+diff --git a/src/security/apparmor/meson.build b/src/security/apparmor/meson.build
+index af43780..e2d6c81 100644
+--- a/src/security/apparmor/meson.build
++++ b/src/security/apparmor/meson.build
+@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@ foreach name : apparmor_gen_profiles
+     output: name,
+     configuration: apparmor_gen_profiles_conf,
+     install: true,
+-    install_dir: apparmor_dir,
++    install_dir: install_prefix + apparmor_dir,
+   )
+ endforeach
+ 
+ install_data(
+   [ 'libvirt-qemu', 'libvirt-lxc' ],
+-  install_dir: apparmor_dir / 'abstractions',
++  install_dir: install_prefix + apparmor_dir / 'abstractions',
+ )
+ 
+ install_data(
+   [ 'TEMPLATE.qemu', 'TEMPLATE.lxc' ],
+-  install_dir: apparmor_dir / 'libvirt',
++  install_dir: install_prefix + apparmor_dir / 'libvirt',
+ )
+ 
+ install_data(
+   'usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper.local',
+-  install_dir: apparmor_dir / 'local',
++  install_dir: install_prefix + apparmor_dir / 'local',
+   rename: 'usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper',
+ )
+diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
+index b8c6802..dacd0ff 100644
+--- a/tools/meson.build
++++ b/tools/meson.build
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ if conf.has('WITH_LOGIN_SHELL')
+     install_rpath: libvirt_rpath,
+   )
+ 
+-  install_data('virt-login-shell.conf', install_dir: sysconfdir / 'libvirt')
++  install_data('virt-login-shell.conf', install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'libvirt')
+ endif
+ 
+ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ configure_file(
+ if init_script == 'systemd'
+   install_data(
+     'libvirt-guests.sysconf',
+-    install_dir: sysconfdir / 'sysconfig',
++    install_dir: install_prefix + sysconfdir / 'sysconfig',
+     rename: 'libvirt-guests',
+   )
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libvirt-create-machine-cgroup.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libvirt-create-machine-cgroup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 585ac237e1..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/libvirt-create-machine-cgroup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-From 9ca0b2955edea162b255b428e493cd8ffac52167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Miguel=20=C3=81ngel=20Arruga=20Vivas?=
- <rosen644835@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:29:00 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] vircgroup: Ensure /machine group is associated with its
- parent.
-
-Call first virCgroupNew on the parent group virCgroupNewPartition if
-it is available on before the creation of the child group.  This
-ensures that the creation of a first level group on the unified
-architecture, as the check at virCgroupV2ParseControllersFile as the
-parent file is there.
-
-Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760233
----
- src/util/vircgroup.c | 8 +++++---
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
-index b46f20abfd..33c61f2d45 100644
---- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
-+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
-@@ -855,9 +855,6 @@ virCgroupNewPartition(const char *path,
-     if (virCgroupSetPartitionSuffix(path, &newPath) < 0)
-         goto cleanup;
- 
--    if (virCgroupNew(-1, newPath, NULL, controllers, group) < 0)
--        goto cleanup;
--
-     if (STRNEQ(newPath, "/")) {
-         char *tmp;
-         parentPath = g_strdup(newPath);
-@@ -868,7 +865,12 @@ virCgroupNewPartition(const char *path,
- 
-         if (virCgroupNew(-1, parentPath, NULL, controllers, &parent) < 0)
-             goto cleanup;
-+    }
- 
-+    if (virCgroupNew(-1, newPath, parent, controllers, group) < 0)
-+        goto cleanup;
-+
-+    if (parent) {
-         if (virCgroupMakeGroup(parent, *group, create, VIR_CGROUP_NONE) < 0)
-             goto cleanup;
-     }
--- 
-2.23.0
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 319b57445e..4f0ba1c8ff 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Guy Fleury Iteriteka <hoonandon@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net>
-;;; Copyright © 2020 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
+;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages backup)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages build-tools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages cmake)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pulseaudio)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
   #:use-module (gnu packages selinux)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sdl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sphinx)
@@ -1015,66 +1018,48 @@ manage system or application containers.")
 (define-public libvirt
   (package
     (name "libvirt")
-    (version "5.8.0")
+    (version "7.0.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "https://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-"
                            version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0m8cqaqflvys5kaqpvb0qr4k365j09jc5xk6x70yvg8qkcl2hcz2"))
-       (patches
-        (search-patches "libvirt-create-machine-cgroup.patch"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+        (base32 "12fxkpy7j2qhfxypw9jg3bzdd9xx6vf6x96iy5kjihh89n236f6a"))
+       (patches (search-patches "libvirt-add-install-prefix.patch"))))
+    (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
-       (list "--with-qemu"
-             "--with-qemu-user=nobody"
-             "--with-qemu-group=kvm"
-             "--with-storage-disk"
-             "--with-storage-dir"
-             "--with-polkit"
-             (string-append "--docdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/share/doc/"
+       (list "-Ddriver_qemu=enabled"
+             "-Dqemu_user=nobody"
+             "-Dqemu_group=kvm"
+             "-Dstorage_disk=enabled"
+             "-Dstorage_dir=enabled"
+             "-Dpolkit=enabled"
+             "-Dnls=enabled"            ;translations
+             (string-append "-Ddocdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/share/doc/"
                             ,name "-" ,version)
+             "-Dbash_completion=enabled"
+             (string-append "-Dinstall_prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
              "--sysconfdir=/etc"
              "--localstatedir=/var")
+       #:meson ,meson-0.55
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-before 'configure 'fix-BOURNE_SHELL-definition
-           ;; BOURNE_SHELL is hard-#defined to ‘/bin/sh’, causing test failures.
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* "config.h.in"
-               (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
-             #t))
-         (add-before 'configure 'patch-libtirpc-file-names
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             ;; libvirt uses an m4 macro instead of pkg-config to determine where
-             ;; the RPC headers are located.  Tell it to look in the right place.
-             (substitute* "configure"
-               (("/usr/include/tirpc")  ;defined in m4/virt-xdr.m4
-                (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "libtirpc")
-                               "/include/tirpc")))
-             #t))
          (add-before 'configure 'disable-broken-tests
            (lambda _
-             (let ((tests (list "commandtest"      ; hangs idly
-                                "qemuxml2argvtest" ; fails
-                                "qemuhotplugtest"  ; fails
-                                "virnetsockettest" ; tries to network
-                                "virshtest")))     ; fails
-               (substitute* "tests/Makefile.in"
-                 (((format #f "(~a)\\$\\(EXEEXT\\)" (string-join tests "|")))
+             (let ((tests (list "commandtest"           ; hangs idly
+                                "qemuxml2argvtest"      ; fails
+                                "virnetsockettest")))   ; tries to network
+               (substitute* "tests/meson.build"
+                 (((format #f ".*'name': '(~a)'.*" (string-join tests "|")))
                   ""))
                #t)))
-         (replace 'install
-           ;; Since the sysconfdir and localstatedir should be /etc and /var
-           ;; at runtime, we must prevent writing to them at installation
-           ;; time.
-           (lambda* (#:key make-flags #:allow-other-keys)
-             (apply invoke "make" "install"
-                    "sysconfdir=/tmp/etc"
-                    "localstatedir=/tmp/var"
-                    make-flags))))))
+         (add-before 'install 'no-polkit-magic
+           ;; Meson ‘magically’ invokes pkexec, which fails (not setuid).
+           (lambda _
+             (setenv "PKEXEC_UID" "something")
+             #t)))))
     (inputs
      `(("libxml2" ,libxml2)
        ("eudev" ,eudev)
@@ -1083,11 +1068,13 @@ manage system or application containers.")
        ("dbus" ,dbus)
        ("libpcap" ,libpcap)
        ("libnl" ,libnl)
+       ("libssh2" ,libssh2)             ;optional
        ("libtirpc" ,libtirpc)           ;for <rpc/rpc.h>
        ("libuuid" ,util-linux "lib")
        ("lvm2" ,lvm2)                   ;for libdevmapper
        ("curl" ,curl)
        ("openssl" ,openssl)
+       ("readline" ,readline)
        ("cyrus-sasl" ,cyrus-sasl)
        ("libyajl" ,libyajl)
        ("audit" ,audit)
@@ -1098,11 +1085,15 @@ manage system or application containers.")
        ("iproute" ,iproute)
        ("iptables" ,iptables)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("xsltproc" ,libxslt)
+     `(("bash-completion" ,bash-completion)
+       ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
+       ("xsltproc" ,libxslt)
        ("perl" ,perl)
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("polkit" ,polkit)
-       ("python" ,python-wrapper)))
+       ("python" ,python-wrapper)
+       ("python-docutils" ,python-docutils) ;for rst2html
+       ("rpcsvc-proto" ,rpcsvc-proto)))     ;for rpcgen
     (home-page "https://libvirt.org")
     (synopsis "Simple API for virtualization")
     (description "Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization
