Results in a runtime failure to create the boxes without it
---
 gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index d6d22f8eb1..a8fd284766 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -12164,6 +12164,7 @@ (define-public gnome-boxes
            tracker
            vte
            webkitgtk-with-libsoup2))    ;for webkit2gtk-4.0
+    (propagated-inputs (list qemu))
     (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes")
     (synopsis "View, access, and manage remote and virtual systems")
     (description "GNOME Boxes is a simple application to view, access, and
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