diff --git a/vars/redhat-9.yml b/vars/redhat-9.yml
index 8861bf1c..54473df8 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-9.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-9.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ nova_compute_barbican_distro_packages:
   - cryptsetup
 
 nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
+  - libvirt-daemon
   - libvirt-daemon-kvm
   - qemu-kvm
   - libvirt-client