diff --git a/core/qemu/qemu.install b/core/qemu/qemu.install
index d797eab64..a45e6e46e 100644
--- a/core/qemu/qemu.install
+++ b/core/qemu/qemu.install
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pre_install() {
+post_install() {
 	getent group kvm >/dev/null || groupadd -g 61 kvm
 }
diff --git a/core/qemu/qemu.sysusers b/core/qemu/qemu.sysusers
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6894e78bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/qemu/qemu.sysusers
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# UID GID MODE DIR/FILE
+- kvm 4750 /usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper
diff --git a/core/qemu/spkgbuild b/core/qemu/spkgbuild
index 5b587e12e..684c80505 100644
--- a/core/qemu/spkgbuild
+++ b/core/qemu/spkgbuild
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 # depends	: alsa-lib sdl2 glib python2 coreutils
 
 name=qemu
-version=2.12.0
+version=2.12.1
 release=1
-source=(http://download.qemu-project.org/$name-$version.tar.bz2)
-md5sum=(122fd7cdf241ff7eb1e42c0b503b5d1b)
+source=(http://download.qemu-project.org/$name-$version.tar.bz2
+	$name.sysusers)
+md5sum=(ef7d52d4c2e91143114d04b41671bb38
+	bec5cf16b8f46e6319c98c7bb2cc4c88)
 
 build() {
 	cd $name-$version
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@ cat > $PKG/lib/udev/rules.d/65-kvm.rules << "EOF"
 KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0660"
 EOF
 
-chgrp kvm  $PKG/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper
-chmod 4750 $PKG/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper
+	install -Dm 644 $SRC/$name.sysusers $PKG/etc/sysusers.d/$name.conf
 }