diff --git a/glicid/packages/virtualization.scm b/glicid/packages/virtualization.scm
index 3f2d413..37dd2bc 100644
--- a/glicid/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/glicid/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -3,12 +3,47 @@
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages virtualization)
   #:use-module (gnu packages storage)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (glicid utils)
+
 ;  #:use-module (glicid packages storage)
 )
 
+
+(define-public qemu-7.0-upstream
+ (package
+    (inherit qemu)
+    (name "qemu-upstream")
+    (version "7.0")
+
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://download.qemu.org/qemu-"
+                           version ".tar.xz"))
+       (sha256
+	(base32
+         "0iavlsy9hin8k38230j8lfmyipx3965zljls1dp34mmc8n75vqb8"))
+       (patches (search-patches "qemu-build-info-manual.patch"
+                                "qemu-fix-agent-paths.patch"))
+       (modules '((guix build utils)))
+       (snippet
+        '(begin
+           ;; Delete the bundled meson copy.
+           (delete-file-recursively "meson")))))
+
+
+  )
+)
+
+(define local-qemu qemu-7.0-upstream)
+
+(define qemu-latest (latest-version local-qemu qemu))
+
+
 (define-public qemu-with-rbd
   (package
-    (inherit qemu) 
+    (inherit qemu-latest) 
     (name "qemu-with-rbd")
     (arguments
       (substitute-keyword-arguments `(