diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 2fdb57867c9..03f6a45f3e2 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ version: 2
 
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
+  apt_packages:
+      - libvirt-dev
   tools:
     python: "3.11"