diff --git a/paludis/use.conf.d/emulation.conf b/paludis/use.conf.d/emulation.conf
index 14573c4..a1adf19 100644
--- a/paludis/use.conf.d/emulation.conf
+++ b/paludis/use.conf.d/emulation.conf
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ app-emulation/winetricks gtk
 # required by @world (argument)
 >=dev-libs/elfutils-0.156 static-libs
 
-app-emulation/qemu gtk
 app-emulation/virtualbox python qt4 vnc
 
 app-emulation/wine mono -gstreamer -xml -dbus
 
 app-emulation/docker lxc btrfs
 
+app-emulation/qemu gtk static-user
+# for static-user
+sys-libs/zlib static-libs
+dev-libs/glib static-libs