diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index 2c2a35dfbf5..3c7819c0a44 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 build_options="systemd"
 configure_args="--without-hal --with-storage-lvm --with-qemu-user=nobody
  --disable-static $(vopt_if systemd '--with-init-script=systemd')
- --with-qemu-group=nobody --without-netcf --with-interface --sbindir=/usr/sbin
+ --with-qemu-group=nogroup --without-netcf --with-interface --sbindir=/usr/sbin
  ac_cv_path_MOUNT=/bin/mount ac_cv_path_UMOUNT=/bin/umount
  ac_cv_path_MKFS=/sbin/mkfs ac_cv_path_SHOWMOUNT=/sbin/showmount"
 short_desc="The virtualization API for controlling virtualization engines"