diff --git a/docker/nova-compute/nova-compute/libvirt-start.sh b/docker/nova-compute/nova-compute/libvirt-start.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#/bin/chmod 666 /dev/kvm
+
+echo "Starting guests."
+/usr/libexec/libvirt-guests.sh start
+
+echo "Starting virtlockd."
+/usr/sbin/virtlockd &
+
+sleep 3
+
+echo "Starting libvirtd."
+/usr/sbin/libvirtd &