diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index c2ff6b611af5..be6ebb3eacc9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ in
       setuid = true;
       owner = "root";
       group = "root";
-      source = "/run/${dirName}/nix-helpers/qemu-bridge-helper";
+      source = "${cfg.qemu.package}/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper";
     };
 
     systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ];
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ in
           ln -s --force "$emulator" /run/${dirName}/nix-emulators/
         done
 
-        for helper in libexec/qemu-bridge-helper bin/qemu-pr-helper; do
+        for helper in bin/qemu-pr-helper; do
           ln -s --force ${cfg.qemu.package}/$helper /run/${dirName}/nix-helpers/
         done
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index c718c292b257..b6192a5f26ad 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ in {
   libreswan = handleTest ./libreswan.nix {};
   librewolf = handleTest ./firefox.nix { firefoxPackage = pkgs.librewolf; };
   libuiohook = handleTest ./libuiohook.nix {};
+  libvirtd = handleTest ./libvirtd.nix {};
   lidarr = handleTest ./lidarr.nix {};
   lightdm = handleTest ./lightdm.nix {};
   lighttpd = handleTest ./lighttpd.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/tests/libvirtd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ab082c1e9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/libvirtd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "libvirtd";
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+
+  nodes = {
+    virthost =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        virtualisation = {
+          cores = 2;
+          memorySize = 2048;
+
+          libvirtd.enable = true;
+        };
+        networking.nameservers = [ "192.168.122.1" ];
+        security.polkit.enable = true;
+        environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virt-manager ];
+      };
+  };
+
+  testScript = let
+    nixosInstallISO = (import ../release.nix {}).iso_minimal.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system};
+    virshShutdownCmd = if pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64 then "shutdown" else "destroy";
+  in ''
+    start_all()
+
+    virthost.wait_for_unit("sockets.target")
+
+    with subtest("enable default network"):
+      virthost.succeed("virsh net-start default")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh net-autostart default")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh net-info default")
+
+    with subtest("check if partition disk pools works with parted"):
+      virthost.succeed("fallocate -l100m /tmp/foo; losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/foo; echo 'label: dos' | sfdisk /dev/loop0")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh pool-create-as foo disk --source-dev /dev/loop0 --target /dev")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh vol-create-as foo loop0p1 25MB")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh vol-create-as foo loop0p2 50MB")
+
+    with subtest("check if nixos install iso boots and network works"):
+      virthost.succeed(
+        "virt-install -n nixos --osinfo=nixos-unstable --ram=1024 --graphics=none --disk=`find ${nixosInstallISO}/iso -type f | head -n1`,readonly=on --import --noautoconsole"
+      )
+      virthost.succeed("virsh domstate nixos | grep running")
+      virthost.wait_until_succeeds("ping -c 1 nixos")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh ${virshShutdownCmd} nixos")
+      virthost.wait_until_succeeds("virsh domstate nixos | grep 'shut off'")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 0142ac4505f9..adc9409ddf5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 , xhtml1
 , yajl
 , writeScript
+, nixosTests
 
   # Linux
 , acl ? null
@@ -113,13 +114,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # NOTE: You must also bump:
   # <nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix>
   # SysVirt in <nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix>
-  version = "8.5.0";
+  version = "8.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-x6TnMFYjcUSdQZd9ctN2hITCAl9TGVb7/qAObGb9xMk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bSId7G2o808WfHGt5ioFEIhPyy4+XW+R349UgHKOvQU=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i '/virnetsockettest/d' tests/meson.build
     # delete only the first occurrence of this
     sed -i '0,/qemuxml2argvtest/{/qemuxml2argvtest/d;}' tests/meson.build
+  '' + optionalString isLinux ''
+    sed -i 's,define PARTED "parted",define PARTED "${parted}/bin/parted",' \
+      src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c \
+      src/storage/storage_util.c
   '' + optionalString isDarwin ''
     sed -i '/qemucapabilitiestest/d' tests/meson.build
     sed -i '/vircryptotest/d' tests/meson.build
@@ -345,6 +350,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     update-source-version perlPackages.SysVirt "$sysvirtVersion" --file="pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix"
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.libvirtd = nixosTests.libvirtd;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://libvirt.org/";
     description = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix
index c24a27e7d300..34909a2741a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libvirt";
-  version = "8.5.0";
+  version = "8.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "libvirt";
     repo = "libvirt-python";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/OS+qBo0h9jshKDuxKX++cRPAjegImQROb7Uh+imOUA=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-eJ0RPxJ4Gm+VGs6NeTWP2FbvDnJy4mURPlFbgvkSgo0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 7d447919ef9f..a1fad8ad3371 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -22599,12 +22599,12 @@ let
 
   SysVirt = buildPerlModule rec {
     pname = "Sys-Virt";
-    version = "8.4.0";
+    version = "8.5.0";
     src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "libvirt";
       repo = "libvirt-perl";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "sha256-nw9KG3dO0Oxre2NVp+4Z+kgIluU5j1xOu8grZJRXhik=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-VuM4rPrG15vXnF5e1MBSGB76zLI+8nkSiJmwWg8aJgE=";
     };
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.libvirt CPANChanges TestPod TestPodCoverage XMLXPath ];