diff --git a/machines/universedesktop/configuration.nix b/machines/universedesktop/configuration.nix
index 55944a5..4cf027f 100644
--- a/machines/universedesktop/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/universedesktop/configuration.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 { lib, config, pkgs, nixpkgs, ... }: {
     nix.settings.auto-optimise-store = true;
     nix.registry.nixpkgs.flake = nixpkgs;
+
+    # Allow user-mode qemu for running riscv64 binaries
+    boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [ "riscv64-linux" ];
+
     imports =
       [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
         ./hardware-configuration.nix