diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/files/libvirtd/run b/srcpkgs/libvirt/files/libvirtd/run
index 02c3cec88dd..a224135e5ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/files/libvirtd/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/files/libvirtd/run
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 sv check dbus >/dev/null || exit 1
-exec libvirtd 2>&1
+[ -f ./conf ] && . ./conf
+exec libvirtd $OPTS 2>&1