diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index a82c366334..5c5d36966d 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -2110,6 +2110,7 @@ exit 0
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.unix.policy
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.api.policy
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d/50-libvirt.rules
+%{_sysusersdir}/libvirt.conf
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/
 %attr(0755, root, root) %{_libexecdir}/libvirt_iohelper
 %attr(0755, root, root) %{_bindir}/virt-ssh-helper
diff --git a/src/remote/libvirt.sysusers.conf b/src/remote/libvirt.sysusers.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50c6716cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/remote/libvirt.sysusers.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+g libvirt -
diff --git a/src/remote/meson.build b/src/remote/meson.build
index ea063ed6cc..e503263266 100644
--- a/src/remote/meson.build
+++ b/src/remote/meson.build
@@ -310,6 +310,13 @@ if conf.has('WITH_REMOTE')
       )
     endif
 
+    # Install the sysuser config for the daemon polkit rules
+    install_data(
+      'libvirt.sysusers.conf',
+      install_dir: sysusersdir,
+      rename: [ 'libvirt.conf' ],
+    )
+
     virt_helpers += {
       'name': 'virt-ssh-helper',
       'sources': [