diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 96299fd..9f8c970 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -46,4 +46,21 @@ in
 
   firefox-addons = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./firefox-addons { inherit nur sources; });
   mpvScripts = pkgs.mpvScripts // (callPackage ./mpv-scripts { });
+
+  qemu_7 = callPackage ./qemu_7.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Cocoa Hypervisor vmnet;
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin.stubs) rez setfile;
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin) sigtool;
+  };
+  qemu_7_kvm = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { hostCpuOnly = true; });
+  qemu_7_full = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { smbdSupport = true; cephSupport = true; glusterfsSupport = true; });
+  qemu_7_xen = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { hostCpuOnly = true; xenSupport = true; xen = pkgs.xen-slim; });
+  qemu_7_xen-light = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { hostCpuOnly = true; xenSupport = true; xen = pkgs.xen-light; });
+  qemu_7_xen_4_15 = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { hostCpuOnly = true; xenSupport = true; xen = pkgs.xen_4_15-slim; });
+  qemu_7_xen_4_15-light = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { hostCpuOnly = true; xenSupport = true; xen = pkgs.xen_4_15-light; });
+  qemu_7_test = lib.lowPrio (pkgs'.qemu_7.override { hostCpuOnly = true; nixosTestRunner = true; });
+  # TODO: when https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/issues/96 is fixed remove this
+  virtiofsd = callPackage ./qemu_virtiofsd.nix {
+    qemu = pkgs'.qemu_7;
+  };
 } // (import ../system/hardware/bpi_r3/pkgs.nix { inherit pkgs pkgs' lib sources; })
diff --git a/pkgs/qemu_7.nix b/pkgs/qemu_7.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96b8ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/qemu_7.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+# copied from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/b51530a54883e994adbbf64e11afe7b359541c8b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu
+# i could use overrideAttrs, but i might end up using this for a long time, so for extra safety just copy everything
+
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, python3Packages, zlib, pkg-config, glib, buildPackages
+, perl, pixman, vde2, alsa-lib, texinfo, flex
+, bison, lzo, snappy, libaio, libtasn1, gnutls, nettle, curl, ninja, meson, sigtool
+, makeWrapper, removeReferencesTo
+, attr, libcap, libcap_ng, socat, libslirp
+, CoreServices, Cocoa, Hypervisor, rez, setfile, vmnet
+, guestAgentSupport ? with stdenv.hostPlatform; isLinux || isSunOS || isWindows
+, numaSupport ? stdenv.isLinux && !stdenv.isAarch32, numactl
+, seccompSupport ? stdenv.isLinux, libseccomp
+, alsaSupport ? lib.hasSuffix "linux" stdenv.hostPlatform.system && !nixosTestRunner
+, pulseSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin && !nixosTestRunner, libpulseaudio
+, sdlSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin && !nixosTestRunner, SDL2, SDL2_image
+, jackSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin && !nixosTestRunner, libjack2
+, gtkSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin && !xenSupport && !nixosTestRunner, gtk3, gettext, vte, wrapGAppsHook
+, vncSupport ? !nixosTestRunner, libjpeg, libpng
+, smartcardSupport ? !nixosTestRunner, libcacard
+, spiceSupport ? true && !nixosTestRunner, spice, spice-protocol
+, ncursesSupport ? !nixosTestRunner, ncurses
+, usbredirSupport ? spiceSupport, usbredir
+, xenSupport ? false, xen
+, cephSupport ? false, ceph
+, glusterfsSupport ? false, glusterfs, libuuid
+, openGLSupport ? sdlSupport, mesa, libepoxy, libdrm
+, virglSupport ? openGLSupport, virglrenderer
+, libiscsiSupport ? true, libiscsi
+, smbdSupport ? false, samba
+, tpmSupport ? true
+, uringSupport ? stdenv.isLinux, liburing
+, canokeySupport ? false, canokey-qemu
+, hostCpuOnly ? false
+, hostCpuTargets ? (if hostCpuOnly
+                    then (lib.optional stdenv.isx86_64 "i386-softmmu"
+                          ++ ["${stdenv.hostPlatform.qemuArch}-softmmu"])
+                    else null)
+, nixosTestRunner ? false
+, doCheck ? false
+, qemu  # for passthru.tests
+, enableDocs ? true
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "qemu"
+    + lib.optionalString xenSupport "-xen"
+    + lib.optionalString hostCpuOnly "-host-cpu-only"
+    + lib.optionalString nixosTestRunner "-for-vm-tests";
+  version = "7.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-Wak5qNYTiCap8oIysta1/ohJRuLddiW7jAdFKGxrddk=";
+  };
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper removeReferencesTo
+    pkg-config flex bison meson ninja perl
+
+    # Don't change this to python3 and python3.pkgs.*, breaks cross-compilation
+    python3Packages.python python3Packages.sphinx python3Packages.sphinx-rtd-theme
+  ]
+    ++ lib.optionals gtkSupport [ wrapGAppsHook ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ sigtool ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib glib perl pixman
+    vde2 texinfo lzo snappy libtasn1
+    gnutls nettle curl libslirp
+  ]
+    ++ lib.optionals ncursesSupport [ ncurses ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices Cocoa Hypervisor rez setfile vmnet ]
+    ++ lib.optionals seccompSupport [ libseccomp ]
+    ++ lib.optionals numaSupport [ numactl ]
+    ++ lib.optionals alsaSupport [ alsa-lib ]
+    ++ lib.optionals pulseSupport [ libpulseaudio ]
+    ++ lib.optionals sdlSupport [ SDL2 SDL2_image ]
+    ++ lib.optionals jackSupport [ libjack2 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals gtkSupport [ gtk3 gettext vte ]
+    ++ lib.optionals vncSupport [ libjpeg libpng ]
+    ++ lib.optionals smartcardSupport [ libcacard ]
+    ++ lib.optionals spiceSupport [ spice-protocol spice ]
+    ++ lib.optionals usbredirSupport [ usbredir ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libaio libcap_ng libcap attr ]
+    ++ lib.optionals xenSupport [ xen ]
+    ++ lib.optionals cephSupport [ ceph ]
+    ++ lib.optionals glusterfsSupport [ glusterfs libuuid ]
+    ++ lib.optionals openGLSupport [ mesa libepoxy libdrm ]
+    ++ lib.optionals virglSupport [ virglrenderer ]
+    ++ lib.optionals libiscsiSupport [ libiscsi ]
+    ++ lib.optionals smbdSupport [ samba ]
+    ++ lib.optionals uringSupport [ liburing ]
+    ++ lib.optionals canokeySupport [ canokey-qemu ];
+
+  dontUseMesonConfigure = true; # meson's configurePhase isn't compatible with qemu build
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional guestAgentSupport "ga";
+  # On aarch64-linux we would shoot over the Hydra's 2G output limit.
+  separateDebugInfo = !(stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isLinux);
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/b51530a54883e994adbbf64e11afe7b359541c8b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/fix-qemu-ga.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-vPuyWlw8o6fkr1tG1jTyDuyAB7o5fW50Iisr3GjuQY8=";
+    })
+
+    # QEMU upstream does not demand compatibility to pre-10.13, so 9p-darwin
+    # support on nix requires utimensat fallback. The patch adding this fallback
+    # set was removed during the process of upstreaming this functionality, and
+    # will still be needed in nix until the macOS SDK reaches 10.13+.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/b51530a54883e994adbbf64e11afe7b359541c8b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/provide-fallback-for-utimensat.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-HekG/9vK6igvwhND+T8Klhj/42SW1KUlBxb9p/vsdYM=";
+    })
+    # Cocoa clipboard support only works on macOS 10.14+
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/b51530a54883e994adbbf64e11afe7b359541c8b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/revert-ui-cocoa-add-clipboard-support.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-EEjGDbJ91UkeBD5MCzjLYKAMdgWiP8J+uJOf9EBrxfk=";
+    })
+    # Standard about panel requires AppKit and macOS 10.13+
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/99eb313ddbbcf73c1adcdadceba1423b691c6d05.diff";
+      sha256 = "sha256-gTRf9XENAfbFB3asYCXnw4OV4Af6VE1W56K2xpYDhgM=";
+      revert = true;
+    })
+    # Workaround for upstream issue with nested virtualisation: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1008
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/3e4546d5bd38a1e98d4bd2de48631abf0398a3a2.diff";
+      sha256 = "sha256-oC+bRjEHixv1QEFO9XAm4HHOwoiT+NkhknKGPydnZ5E=";
+      revert = true;
+    })
+    # glibc >=2.37 compat, see https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230110174901.2580297-1-berrange@redhat.com/
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/9f0246539ae84a5e21efd1cc4516fc343f08115a.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-1iWOWkLH0WP1Hk23fmrRVdX7YZWUXOvWRMTt8QM93BI=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/6003159ce18faad4e1bc7bf9c85669019cd4950e.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-DKGCbR+VDIFLp6FhER78gyJ3Rn1dD47pMtkcIIMd0B8=";
+    })
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional nixosTestRunner (fetchpatch { url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/b51530a54883e994adbbf64e11afe7b359541c8b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/force-uid0-on-9p.patch"; sha256 = "sha256-26XFSKO7JJ+jwRZrsb9zSZdUVZICwCtg0qny51eU0D4="; });
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Otherwise tries to ensure /var/run exists.
+    sed -i "/install_emptydir(get_option('localstatedir') \/ 'run')/d" \
+        qga/meson.build
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    unset CPP # intereferes with dependency calculation
+    # this script isn't marked as executable b/c it's indirectly used by meson. Needed to patch its shebang
+    chmod +x ./scripts/shaderinclude.py
+    patchShebangs .
+    # avoid conflicts with libc++ include for <version>
+    mv VERSION QEMU_VERSION
+    substituteInPlace configure \
+      --replace '$source_path/VERSION' '$source_path/QEMU_VERSION'
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "'VERSION'" "'QEMU_VERSION'"
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-strip" # We'll strip ourselves after separating debug info.
+    "--enable-tools"
+    "--localstatedir=/var"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+    # Always use our Meson, not the bundled version, which doesn't
+    # have our patches and will be subtly broken because of that.
+    "--meson=meson"
+    "--cross-prefix=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
+    (lib.enableFeature guestAgentSupport "guest-agent")
+  ] ++ lib.optional enableDocs "--enable-docs"
+    ++ lib.optional numaSupport "--enable-numa"
+    ++ lib.optional seccompSupport "--enable-seccomp"
+    ++ lib.optional smartcardSupport "--enable-smartcard"
+    ++ lib.optional spiceSupport "--enable-spice"
+    ++ lib.optional usbredirSupport "--enable-usb-redir"
+    ++ lib.optional (hostCpuTargets != null) "--target-list=${lib.concatStringsSep "," hostCpuTargets}"
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ "--enable-cocoa" "--enable-hvf" ]
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux "--enable-linux-aio"
+    ++ lib.optional gtkSupport "--enable-gtk"
+    ++ lib.optional xenSupport "--enable-xen"
+    ++ lib.optional cephSupport "--enable-rbd"
+    ++ lib.optional glusterfsSupport "--enable-glusterfs"
+    ++ lib.optional openGLSupport "--enable-opengl"
+    ++ lib.optional virglSupport "--enable-virglrenderer"
+    ++ lib.optional tpmSupport "--enable-tpm"
+    ++ lib.optional libiscsiSupport "--enable-libiscsi"
+    ++ lib.optional smbdSupport "--smbd=${samba}/bin/smbd"
+    ++ lib.optional uringSupport "--enable-linux-io-uring"
+    ++ lib.optional canokeySupport "--enable-canokey";
+
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+
+  # QEMU attaches entitlements with codesign and strip removes those,
+  # voiding the entitlements and making it non-operational.
+  # The alternative is to re-sign with entitlements after stripping:
+  # * https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/v6.1.0/scripts/entitlement.sh#L25
+  dontStrip = stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    # the .desktop is both invalid and pointless
+    rm -f $out/share/applications/qemu.desktop
+  '' + lib.optionalString guestAgentSupport ''
+    # move qemu-ga (guest agent) to separate output
+    mkdir -p $ga/bin
+    mv $out/bin/qemu-ga $ga/bin/
+    ln -s $ga/bin/qemu-ga $out/bin
+    remove-references-to -t $out $ga/bin/qemu-ga
+  '' + lib.optionalString gtkSupport ''
+    # wrap GTK Binaries
+    for f in $out/bin/qemu-system-*; do
+      wrapGApp $f
+    done
+  '';
+  preBuild = "cd build";
+
+  # tests can still timeout on slower systems
+  inherit doCheck;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ socat ];
+  preCheck = ''
+    # time limits are a little meagre for a build machine that's
+    # potentially under load.
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/unit/meson.build \
+      --replace 'timeout: slow_tests' 'timeout: 50 * slow_tests'
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/qtest/meson.build \
+      --replace 'timeout: slow_qtests' 'timeout: 50 * slow_qtests'
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/fp/meson.build \
+      --replace 'timeout: 90)' 'timeout: 300)'
+
+    # point tests towards correct binaries
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/unit/test-qga.c \
+      --replace '/bin/echo' "$(type -P echo)"
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c \
+      --replace '/bin/socat' "$(type -P socat)"
+
+    # combined with a long package name, some temp socket paths
+    # can end up exceeding max socket name len
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c \
+      --replace 'qemu-test_acpi_%s_tcg_%s' '%s_%s'
+
+    # get-fsinfo attempts to access block devices, disallowed by sandbox
+    sed -i -e '/\/qga\/get-fsinfo/d' -e '/\/qga\/blacklist/d' \
+      ../tests/unit/test-qga.c
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    # skip test that stalls on darwin, perhaps due to subtle differences
+    # in fifo behaviour
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/unit/meson.build \
+      --replace "'test-io-channel-command'" "#'test-io-channel-command'"
+  '';
+
+  # Add a ‘qemu-kvm’ wrapper for compatibility/convenience.
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s $out/bin/qemu-system-${stdenv.hostPlatform.qemuArch} $out/bin/qemu-kvm
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    ln -s $out/libexec/virtiofsd $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    qemu-system-i386 = "bin/qemu-system-i386";
+    tests = {
+      qemu-tests = qemu.override { doCheck = true; };
+    };
+  };
+
+  # Builds in ~3h with 2 cores, and ~20m with a big-parallel builder.
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.qemu.org/";
+    description = "A generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    mainProgram = "qemu-kvm";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco qyliss ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    priority = 10; # Prefer virtiofsd from the virtiofsd package.
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/qemu_virtiofsd.nix b/pkgs/qemu_virtiofsd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b730a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/qemu_virtiofsd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{ stdenv
+, libseccomp
+, libcap_ng
+, buildPackages
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, perl
+, glib
+, pixman
+, qemu
+, python3Packages
+}:
+
+qemu.overrideAttrs (old: {
+  pname = "qemu-virtiofsd";
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config perl python3Packages.python ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib libseccomp libcap_ng pixman ];
+
+  # overly defensive flags
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-strip"
+    "--disable-docs"
+    "--disable-gettext"
+    "--disable-sparse"
+    "--disable-guest-agent"
+    "--disable-guest-agent-msi"
+    "--disable-qga-vss"
+    "--disable-hax"
+    "--disable-whpx"
+    "--disable-hvf"
+    "--disable-nvmm"
+    "--disable-xen"
+    "--disable-vfio-user-server"
+    "--disable-dbus-display"
+    "--enable-tools"
+    "--enable-virtiofsd"
+    "--localstatedir=/var"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+    "--meson=meson"
+    "--cross-prefix=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
+    "--enable-seccomp"
+    "--disable-tcg"
+    "--disable-kvm"
+    "--disable-gio"
+    "--disable-cfi"
+    "--disable-tpm"
+    "--disable-keyring"
+    "--disable-spice"
+    "--disable-spice-protocol"
+    "--disable-u2f"
+    "--disable-netmap"
+    "--disable-vde"
+    "--disable-vmnet"
+    "--disable-vnc"
+    "--disable-vhost-kernel"
+    "--disable-vhost-net"
+    "--disable-vhost-crypto"
+    "--disable-vhost-user-blk-server"
+    "--disable-virtfs"
+    "--disable-bochs"
+    "--disable-cloop"
+    "--disable-dmg"
+    "--disable-qcow1"
+    "--disable-vdi"
+    "--disable-vvfat"
+    "--disable-qed"
+    "--disable-parallels"
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = "";
+  doCheck = false;
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm $out/bin/*
+    mv $out/libexec/virtiofsd $out/bin
+    rm -rf $out/libexec $out/share
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ];
+})
diff --git a/system/modules/vfio.nix b/system/modules/vfio.nix
index 5a36fb3..4fc5764 100644
--- a/system/modules/vfio.nix
+++ b/system/modules/vfio.nix
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ in {
     };
     virtualisation.spiceUSBRedirection.enable = true;
     users.groups.libvirtd.members = [ "root" ] ++ cfg.libvirtdGroup;
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-      virtiofsd
-    ];
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virtiofsd ];
   };
 }